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#720 - 10/05/09 10:30 PM How do they look like
nakchura Offline
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Registered: 10/02/09
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Hello! I've seen acoustic guitars and electric guitar but I never saw any classic guitars. What do they look like?

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#761 - 10/09/09 11:20 AM Re: How do they look like [Re: nakchura]
ShackMan Offline
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Registered: 03/14/09
Posts: 168
Loc: Pittsburgh Area
Nakchura, the quickest ways you can tell the difference between a classical and a steel string guitar are the headstock and the strings. Classical guitars use nylon strings, and the top three strings (the three highest pitched ones) look like they're clear plastic rather than obviously steel. Also, the headstocks are different. Here's a picture to demonstrate.

A classical guitar has strings that are wound on pegs inside the headstock, like this:
http://www.barbarossa-guitars.com/guitar%20pics/ccl%20headstock.JPG

A steel string guitar, on the other hand, has metal tuning pegs that stand up on the headstock, like this:
http://www.candelas.com/images/product-c...r_headstock.jpg

You can also note the difference in how the strings look in the two pictures, and hopefully what I said first will make more sense.

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