I am totally committed to 12 fret guitars.
I was led to this in my search for a wider neck not the longer body, but having acquired a Collings DS2h I discovered that the original dreadnought design had many ergonomic benefits.
The wider neck it was more appropriate for intricate soloing than the skinny neck of the squished down dreadnought which was really designed as a closed chord dance band rhythm box.
The playing position is subtly changed requiring less left arm extension, and placing the picking hand over the sweet spot.
I'm not sure that the slightly increased body volume makes a lot of differnce but , it seems to me, the whole ethos of the 12 fret design would be ruined by adding ,or reducing it with a cutaway.
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