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• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  11:20AM Posts: 5,746

  Looks nice, I always liked the fretboards with blonde highlights.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• voutoreenie New

  11:30AM Posts: 324

  Congrats Joonas!

  
• Joonas EstoniaNew Altamira M, Taylor 210

  11:34AM Posts: 89

  Yes, the fretboard looks nice. I'm surprised how wide it is actually. It is wider than my Taylor. At the moment the dot at the 10th fret is also confusing me.

  
• voutoreenie New

  1:23PM Posts: 324

  Yeah, Selmacs are closer in neck dimensions to classical guitars than flat tops. I think you'll get used to it pretty quickly though, Altamira's have a nice "in between" modern C profile imo.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  1:46PM Posts: 5,746

  There's definitely a short period of getting used to the neck. It won't be long before your Taylor feels small and thin and Altamira just right.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• Joonas EstoniaNew Altamira M, Taylor 210

  1:50PM Posts: 89

  Yes, I hope so! Funnily I noticed that bar chords are actually easier, clearer on the Altamira than the Taylor. It may be due to the wider neck because I've always disliked the B shape bar chord and wherever possible substituted it with the F shape, but today on this Altamira the B shape felt fine too. Well the strings are thinner too of course...

  
• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  4:12PM Posts: 1,728

  Happy New Guitar Day! My old guitars had 9th fret dots but the Duponts I have now have it at the 10th. I'm used to it now and its become intuitive to me. Hope the same for you.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  6:20PM Posts: 5,746

  And you ended up with a way better guitar than any richwood could every be.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• TheGarethJones Boston/ParisNew Altamira M20, Gitane D-370

  9:02PM Posts: 93

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123888#Comment_123888

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123883#Comment_123883

  I saw a guitar with a black adhesive dot over the 10th fret marker and a silver sticker at the 9th fret once and my gypsy friend said “That’s some gadjo shit” lol (gadjo is the “gringo” of gypsy jazz).