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Hello yet again @Guitargeezer ;
I just visited the “Small Hands and Short Arms!” topic and saw that you had responded. You mentioned that you had similar issues to @queenkobraxx . As I had just looked at the guitars you are considering buying, I thought I would weight in on this topic again.
First, I will give the same advice I gave to Maria (queenkobraxx). Don’t buy any of these guitars without being able to get them into your hands first.
Second, I would suggest something smaller altogether. All of these are large guitars. I prefer the slightly smaller body guitars at the largest. My favorite guitars are the even smaller parlors. I don’t have any Martins and I have held a Martin only a handful of times, so I would have trouble giving you a size comparison. But maybe the 00 instead of the 000? As far as the Gibson, it is a dreadnought. I owned a dreadnought once and just couldn’t get comfortable with it and finally got rid of it.
One other thing: I love the 12 fret guitars as the neck feels shorter and easier to reach. You have to ask yourself, how often do you play far up the neck? If you are playing chords, even partial chords, no one goes past the 12th fret as the frets are just too close together to make chord shapes. If you are playing solos, do you really want a guitar of this type? You can always get a smaller guitar with a cutaway if you think it’s an issue.
Anyway, these are my thoughts. I hope this helps.
MG 😀
