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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  April 2017 Posts: 4,737

  Here's the recent discussion about the neck profiles
  http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/15500/what-neck-profile-does-your-guitar-have/p1

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• monte ✭

  April 2017 Posts: 23

  thanks. i guess my guitar has a flat D shaped neck. it is not terrible to play. i just wanted to know why i was feeling the different neck shape from the same manufacture.
• richter4208 ✭✭✭

  April 2017 Posts: 521

  Here's my understanding. The Manouche Latcho Drom guitars are exactly the same guitar as a Altamira guitars only difference is setup in USA different hardware, bridge etc....but same guitar otherwise. That being said, the Altamira/Latcho Drom guitars were revamped at some point and the neck shape is now rounded rather than flat d shape like yours. Sounds like you got one that was made several years (even if you bought it new) and it is the older style neck. By the way, I have the same guitar only its an Altamira (upgraded tuners/bridge fretwork etc done by awesome luthier in nashville) with the flat D shape neck. I took a while but I totally got used to it. Its awesome and it WILL work for you give enough play time. Stick with it. I just got an AJL guitar with a super fast C shape neck and honestly I can play the same on either neck, it's all what you are used to. Good luck.
  

  
• monte ✭

  April 2017 Posts: 23

  @richter - mine was built 2011. so you may be correct in your statement. i am playing it, still feels funky but i am sticking with it. at some point, i plan to either upgrade or maybe just pickup an oval hole version. right now, i i just need to play and learn

  
• AndrewUlle Cleveland, OH✭✭✭ Cigano GJ-15

  April 2017 Posts: 541

  I had a guitar with the flattened-D shaped neck, and it took a long time to get used to the shoulders on the neck. It made it difficult to use my thumb on the low E, and if I had kept that guitar, I would have had the neck planed down just enough to round the corners off.