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Looks nice, I always liked the fretboards with blonde highlights.
Congrats Joonas!
Yes, the fretboard looks nice. I'm surprised how wide it is actually. It is wider than my Taylor. At the moment the dot at the 10th fret is also confusing me.
Yeah, Selmacs are closer in neck dimensions to classical guitars than flat tops. I think you'll get used to it pretty quickly though, Altamira's have a nice "in between" modern C profile imo.
There's definitely a short period of getting used to the neck. It won't be long before your Taylor feels small and thin and Altamira just right.
Yes, I hope so! Funnily I noticed that bar chords are actually easier, clearer on the Altamira than the Taylor. It may be due to the wider neck because I've always disliked the B shape bar chord and wherever possible substituted it with the F shape, but today on this Altamira the B shape felt fine too. Well the strings are thinner too of course...
Happy New Guitar Day! My old guitars had 9th fret dots but the Duponts I have now have it at the 10th. I'm used to it now and its become intuitive to me. Hope the same for you.
And you ended up with a way better guitar than any richwood could every be.
I saw a guitar with a black adhesive dot over the 10th fret marker and a silver sticker at the 9th fret once and my gypsy friend said “That’s some gadjo shit” lol (gadjo is the “gringo” of gypsy jazz).
I probably play my Altamira M01F more than my Dupont but less than my Cigano. I really like the Altamira as it plays and sounds superb. The Cigano is "smooth" and lives on the stand, so it gets played a lot. Of course, the Dupont MD-100 is the real thing has the best sound and is more fun to play.
JP