Buying a nylon string guitar
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The classical guitar has an enigmatic simplicity. With little variation in shape, size, materials, or design, it's been adapted to a wide variety of musical styles. This simplicity can make it hard to know what to look for in an instrument. Look at a dozen classical guitars hanging on a wall and the differences may seem slight and superficial. Some are light, some are dark. Most have machine tuners, but some use wooden pegs like violins. Most have necks that join the body at the twelfth fret, while others have a cutaway. Which of these differences are meaningful and which are merely decorative?...