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Old 02-10-2019, 11:48 PM
Paraclete Paraclete is offline
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I think I understand what you are asking. I started out on classical and have always struggled with narrow necks and fretboards with a steep radius. Three things come to mind....

—those crossovers that others have mentioned which have a slightly narrower nut and slight radius but still nylon.

—Thomastik makes rope core strings which change the sound and character of a regular classical guitar.

—And also, do you see that Larrivée listed in my signature? It is a specialty fingerstyle guitar with a 1 13/16” nut, 2 5/16” saddle, 24.75” scale, compound radius (about as flat as you will find on a steel string acoustic), and a body size that is only slightly bigger than my Ramirez. It is the only acoustic that has ever been really comfortable to play for me.
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