Easy Rider: I haven't been able to get my hands on an OM yet; but I have heard from others that they are an ideal fingerpicking tool.

I tend to use a guitar that is the same size as a classical guitar (00?) and I am very happy with it as a fingerpicking guitar. A friend of mine, after hearing and playing around with my guitar decided that I had the almost perfect tool. He reasoned that since steel strings have more overtones than nylon ones, you should have a slightly bigger body than a classical one to get a good balance. He got the equivalent of a 000 size. To tell the truth, I am not convinced that it is better than mine--but it does sound great. (Just for reference, the guitar's we are dealing with are Matons, made here in Australia. We both use D'Addario phospher/bronze light strings.)

Murray