Have to Buy a Classical Guitar, Need Advice

tube tone · August 23rd, 2007, 07:40 PM

My daughter will be taking classical guitar classes this year and I need to get her a beginner level guitar. I don't know a thing about classical guitars so I'm not much help. The teacher wants them to have a classical guitar that can be strung with metal strings on 6-4 and nylons on 3-1. All I'm finding online is nylon string classical guitars, according to the teacher some will take steel strings and some won't. Question is, where do I find a reasonably priced decent quality beginner level classical that will take steel strings on 6-4.

Thanks,
Ken

sneakyjapan · August 23rd, 2007, 08:10 PM

the classical strings I use all have 3 steel and 3 nylon...think thats pretty normal. Ernie Ball makes a ball end set so stringing up is really simple...like an electric...they say Nylon Ball End right on the front of the pack.
Guitars...I own several older Yamaha Dynamics...made by the company to be used with either steels ort nylons and they have steel winding posts. I do know they show up on e-bay because I discuss them with a couple of guys at the Larerivee site who bought some. Over here I`ve paid as little as $20.oo for some...and these are all solid wood guitars...guys at a Japanese site dedicated to Dynamics say they were made from the early 50s until Yamaha began producing their laminates in the mid 60s...I also have some books on the subject. Anyhow... worth considering though I`m not sure you can find Dynamics for $20.oo in America other than yard sales perhaps. I`m so happy with mine that I can`t stop buying them...have 25 now.

you can listen to some of them here...not me playing

http://www.geocities.jp/mmasmcb/kyoku/original.html

August 23rd, 2007, 07:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
tube tone TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Age: 57 Posts: 97	Have to Buy a Classical Guitar, Need Advice My daughter will be taking classical guitar classes this year and I need to get her a beginner level guitar. I don't know a thing about classical guitars so I'm not much help. The teacher wants them to have a classical guitar that can be strung with metal strings on 6-4 and nylons on 3-1. All I'm finding online is nylon string classical guitars, according to the teacher some will take steel strings and some won't. Question is, where do I find a reasonably priced decent quality beginner level classical that will take steel strings on 6-4. Thanks, Ken

August 23rd, 2007, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
sneakyjapan Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nippon Posts: 2,410 3 Photos	the classical strings I use all have 3 steel and 3 nylon...think thats pretty normal. Ernie Ball makes a ball end set so stringing up is really simple...like an electric...they say Nylon Ball End right on the front of the pack. Guitars...I own several older Yamaha Dynamics...made by the company to be used with either steels ort nylons and they have steel winding posts. I do know they show up on e-bay because I discuss them with a couple of guys at the Larerivee site who bought some. Over here I`ve paid as little as $20.oo for some...and these are all solid wood guitars...guys at a Japanese site dedicated to Dynamics say they were made from the early 50s until Yamaha began producing their laminates in the mid 60s...I also have some books on the subject. Anyhow... worth considering though I`m not sure you can find Dynamics for $20.oo in America other than yard sales perhaps. I`m so happy with mine that I can`t stop buying them...have 25 now. you can listen to some of them here...not me playing http://www.geocities.jp/mmasmcb/kyoku/original.html __________________ quasi mojo