Hi Zeo. The 00-18v neck is definitely more rounded and less pointy than the Clapton neck. The Clapton mod-v is probably the pointiest mod-v neck in Martin's entire lineup. It's in a category all by itself, though one cannot tell this by looking at Martin's website specs alone.
As far as you not liking the idea of the narrower "PA taper," keep in mind that if you like most Gibson necks, you are already getting sort of a PA taper because most Gibson acoustics come with 2 3/16" string spacing. So the neck is already slim at the 12th to accommodate the narrower string spacing.
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