I played a dreadnought for 10 years as a solo artist and after about 800 gigs, the angle that my right arm was always in gave me bursitis on my right shoulder. I needed something that was slim bodied so that my shoulder could sit in a relaxed position while still sounding like an acoustic guitar. I thought my gigging days using an acoustic guitar were numbered, until I tried this fender Acoustasonic. I have since played one for 2 years and I get not right shoulder pain. Plus my live tones are so versatile with the one guitar! I strongly recommend you give one a go!