Cutaway and right hand

rreffner

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A difficult question to post from someone who has never played a cutaway. My question is, does the cutaway have any impact on the right hand when fingerpicking, especially on a concert? Mahalo
 
I fingerstyle instrumentals and have both a traditional and cut-away and there is no impact on the right, or picking hand.

John
 
None at all. It's for fret access for the fretting hand.

That said, I've never seen the point of uke cutaways aside from aesthetics. On a jumbo guitar, sure, the cutaway does create space, but a uke is already so small I've never had an issue reaching high frets on non cutaway ukes
 
Great question. Since reading the original post I've started watching where I place the fingers on the body of the ukulele when I use them to anchor the hand while picking. So far, I think I wouldn't have any problem with a cutaway, but it seems possible. I'll be watching this thread.
 
No impact that I've detected, except it gets the wood out from where scratches occur most commonly from strumming (a good thing).
 
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