A 14-fretter is definitely a good move anyway generally for getting at the higher notes.

I don't like cutaway acoustics though - I don't see the point in them. You can't get your thumb any further down than the end of the neck, so you can't play "normally" inside the cutaway. If I need to be up there, I find it's better just arching my fingers over down the fretboard, classical-style. And if you're doing that, you may as well have a full-body. Plus cutaways IMO don't sound as good.

It's a bit different with electrics, where the body is the same thickness as the neck. There it makes sense, cos you can still use normal left-hand work.

But for my money, the second Guest nailed the answer in one go. (And I've got half of those 3 - a Lowden for one, and a National copy counts as about 50% of a real National. ;-)

Graham.