Homeless, A is a bitch if you have fat fingers (I do) and try to make it with the first three fingers. Try making it with the last three, leaving the index finger out of the picture. They fit better.

Peter (Who is gradually getting rid of his guitars that have standard [1 11/16 at the nut] width necks, because the 1 1/4 necks are so much easier to get all his fat little fingers on to at once)