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Hello @ salty,
after years of playing my dreadnought I bought an OOL (same manufacturer, same price range), which has a smaller body and a smaller fretboard:
– much easier to hold stable with my right arm while strumming
– much easier fingerpicking. Indexfinger first fret and pinkie fourth fret at the same time? No problem anymore! Monday Challenges much easier.
– faster fingerpicking
– some barre chords I couln´t do before were possible from day one with the OOL
– I played almost everything “better”
You might want to check these aspects while trying out guitars.
Happy new year!
By the way: nevertheless the OOL wasn´t for me. Within four weeks I was back to playing 100% my Dreadnought. But doing a Daily Finger Stretch. I guess in the middle of 2022 I can play my Dreadnought as good as I played the OOL in November last year. (But I admit although I´m not playing the OOL anymore I won´t part with this smaller sized but great guitar either… )