Thanks for all tips so far...will certainly try out a BB Taylor when I can find one. Going tomorrow to look at...I think he said it was a "Cort"...never heard of this brand but he says they make the cheap Martins (??). Am also hoping to find an instrument with a thin (as in radius) neck...width doesn't seem to be as much of a problem for my stove up left hand and depth, and my Martin parlor guitar, while fairly small, has a pretty chunky neck.

Allen...unplugged...I've never played an amplified instrument in my life, and have only sung and played into a mike a few times. A lot of the songs I do are old Border Ballads, Olde Childe, etc.