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Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7086
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any suggestions for something with a little more room than an APX700 for fingerstyle playing ? 
"I'll probably be in the bins at Newport Pagnell services."  fretmeister
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    Try Crafter or Guild. They make guitars with a wider nut/fretboard for finger picking.

    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7086
    edited August 2014
    I'll check them out, ta!

    I'm pondering one of these as an option too:

    http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/ag_page14.php?year=2014&area_id=2&cat_id=3&series_id=93&data_id=69&color=CL01


    "I'll probably be in the bins at Newport Pagnell services."  fretmeister
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    Paul_C said:
    I'll check them out, ta!

    I'm pondering one of these as an option too:

    http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/ag_page14.php?year=2014&area_id=2&cat_id=3&series_id=93&data_id=69&color=CL01


    I assumed you were after a steel strung guitar .. a classical guitar will meet your needs albeit they are nylon strung. For the money Yamaha are a good bet. I started life playing classical guitar ... a long time ago mind.

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  • Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7086
    edited August 2014
    I was/am after a steel-strung guitar, the " I'm pondering one of these as an option too " was meant to suggest that the nylon might work as an alternative.
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  • IanSavageIanSavage Frets: 1319
    The Vintage Gordon Giltrap signature has quite a wide string spacing. Or you could get Mark D Philips to knock you something up from a knackered 12-string. 
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  • Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7086

    IanSavage said:
    Or you could get Mark D Philips to knock you something up from a knackered 12-string. 
    I could probably manage something along those lines myself ;)
    "I'll probably be in the bins at Newport Pagnell services."  fretmeister
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  • mdphillips1956mdphillips1956 Frets: 95
    What an excellent suggestion Ian, and good this thread happened to catch my eye tonight!

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    That ebay item number is one option, and there is a somewhat cheaper one there as well.
    Worth a look?
    Mark.................

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  • Paul_CPaul_C Frets: 7086
    edited August 2014
    please don't pollute my thread with your abominations.
    "I'll probably be in the bins at Newport Pagnell services."  fretmeister
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  • mdphillips1956mdphillips1956 Frets: 95
    Aha yes, yet another person on here who knows everything about my guitars without ever seeing one... I must teach myself how to know all there is to know about any guitar without ever needing to look at it close up... I guess it is all about just needing to believe everything anyone on here tells you to believe?
    ps.
    Is your thread really so delicate?
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  • LixartoLixarto Frets: 1618
    Paul makes real guitars.
    "I can see you for what you are; an idiot barely in control of your own life. And smoking weed doesn't make you cool; it just makes you more of an idiot."
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    Lixarto said:
    Paul makes real guitars.
    He does .. I bought one and still play it ... :-)

    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • LixartoLixarto Frets: 1618
    He did some excellent work on my main Tele a few years ago.

    I trust Paul implicitly; others, less so.
    "I can see you for what you are; an idiot barely in control of your own life. And smoking weed doesn't make you cool; it just makes you more of an idiot."
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  • stimpsonslostsonstimpsonslostson Frets: 5282
    Depends on how you define cheap. 
    The Vintage range has a few lovely wee parlour models which make great finger pickers- V880 springs to mind (can be had for less than £100 second hand) higher up the range I have a Brett 12, but played the 6 a LOT in the shop- I believe it has the same nut width as the 12, but with half the strings. It's LOVELY. (£300ish new, don't know about secondhand- they don't come up often).
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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    Can't comment on the neck as I haven't tried one yet, but the Sigma 000m15 is on my to try list. All mahogany made in China to standard Martin 000 dimensions. I think it's the Martin Carthy influence but I always have 000 size guitars in my mind as benchmark fingerstyle guitars.
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