If you are approaching the neck like a guitar, you are on the wrong track. The fingers are slanted at an angle for mandolin, and your guitar callouses will need expanding because you play mandolin more with the tips of your fingers. The left hand placement has more to do with violin than guitar.
I think Mike Marshall has some beginning YouTube videos on this, and mandolessions.com does as well.
Some makers do have wider fretboards available, but they aren't nearly as common as the 1 1/8 norm.
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