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Originally Posted by Robert Firestone
I would suggest that perhaps you would do better with a wider neck. You probably don't have really long skinny fingers, right. It is also possible that your hand is not in an advantageous position. It could be that you simply need to develop moreflexibility, the ability to stretch more. It's really hard to diagnose it from an internet post, though. BTW, callouses have more to do with exerting pressure on the strings, not so much positioning, in fact some students press WAY too hard.....
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Oddly enough, my lack of long skinny fingers lead me to a narrow neck (normal for a steel string anyway). I had an old classical and couldn't begin to get my fingers around it. I considered a Seagull with the slightly wider neck. I think callouses may help...due to simple physics. I DO push down too hard, but also, the string pushes well into the meat of my finger, and displaces it to the pad of the finger, which gets wider, and contacts the next string. I'm hoping callouses will mitigate that effect. I'm sure stretching will help as well, and hand positioning could be a problem, I'm not sure. You're right, that's not something you guys could tell me.