Thanks. I've already thought through those scenarios. All the advice I get is that if you want to put the right gauge strings on to get the full fat sound that a normal guitar neck will not take those tensions. I've got a nut-raiser and have used it on an old practice guitar to make an acoustic lap steel. It's not ideal in many ways eg strings are too light, machine heads the wrong way....

I'd rather see if I can get the right instrument with (ideally) a nice bone nut that's properly fixed rather than 'floating'