Yes, Gary, most guitars--new or old--have necks thicker than my Martin 00018. That one has beautiful action and has a neck I can handle well, but I'm interested in adding another guitar with an even thinner neck but the same fret length.

Paradoxically, I once played a friend's D-35 and found it ALMOST as "user friendly" as the 00018. The neck is wider, but the action was superb. In other words, neck size is not the whole story.

Mud, I've tried Ovations, and they do play nicely, but even when I'm standing they tend to go "belly up," as though I were playing a lap guitar.

Genie