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Well, @Moonhare , it looks like you have received some great info. But head knowledge is just… well… head knowledge.
You need to go to a store and physically pick up guitars and play them to know how they feel. In my experience, the very small guitars are hard to play unless I am standing up with a strap. I usually play sitting down and the very small bodies are awkward to hold. My favorite guitar based on size and shape is a parlor, but it’s an Alvarez, so I’m not sure if it would be a double O or a triple O or even a single O. But it is the shape of those body styles and it is a “12 fret”. As mentioned, that means the neck has 12 frets to the body. What wasn’t mentioned is that completely changes the relative proportions of the whole guitar. In the black and white picture that @Cadgirl provided, notice in the middle of the top row where a 12 fret is next to a 14 fret. The 14 fret body is actually shorter than the 12 fret. That’s because the overall length from the end of the body to the top of the head stock is about the same yet the neck is shorter. That puts the bridge and saddle deeper into the body and gives the guitar a bigger sound for the size of the body. And the short neck is extremely comfortable. And the body is thinner than the dreadnoughts and the jumbos as mentioned. But it’s very comfortable in the lap as the body is actually longer. Now, the only way I would ever have such detailed knowledge about how these guitars fit me it that I have played them. In fact, I own 11 guitars and have sold a number of others that I used to own. Lots of time in a guitar store can save you lots of money.
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