Re: String spacing for 6 string to tenor guitar modification
Good luck with the LG-0. I like those "round-shouldered" Gibsons.
Apparently the neck width doesn't bother your arthritic wrist, just the strain of fretting six rather than four strings? I woulda recommended getting either an inexpensive tenor guitar, or even a baritone ukulele, since either would have had a smaller neck. Gibson necks tend toward the small side, so maybe getting around on this one won't cause discomfort.
As some of our youthful pain-free flexibility is lost to age, we find ways to accommodate. I have a friend born with only one usable hand, who devised a knit "sock" to wear on the elbow of her other arm, with a pick attached. She can strum enough chords to accompany her voice, and has performed semi-professionally with that set-up. Where there's a will, there's a way, as the ol' cliche says.
Allen Hopkins
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