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dalekirksey
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dalekirksey
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02/28/2024 5:16 pm

Hey y'all,  i am a tall man with big hands.  not huge, but big enuff.  see below foto.  i have been playing/practicing every day since buying a guitar in late 2022.   never missed a day, and at least an hour/day.  i still have trouble keeping from muting strings #1 and #2, especially when i make Am and C chords.   this has put on hold my learning fingerpicking.  you just can't fingerpick a muted string.  my guitar is a taylor academy 10 / baby taylor, both with 1 11/16" wide nuts.  when i go to the store and try out guitars (any brand) with a 1 3/4" wide nut, i do not mute the neighboring strings like i do with the nararower nut.  SO what should i do?  get another guitar with a 3/4" wide nut?  i am thinking about an alvarez amp66 parlor.  3/4 nut, which guitar for less than $500?    thank you  daleguitar fretting hand