Nylon strung acoustic info required please. WTB

blueskunk

Hello there folks 

Hope you are all well. 

Clueless regarding Nylon Strung guitars but want one. I am pretty sure I don’t want a traditional Spanish style one with the huge necks. 

Anyone more clued up ? 

Ideally a normal sized neck, thinner body and cutaway would be ideal.  

Any ideas Fretboarders ?

viz

I have an alvarez rc20sc. I love it. Cheap, huge cutaway, thin neck. 

blueskunk

I had an Alvarez steel strung guitar and it was a cracker, thanks for the info. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. 

More options the merrier 

sweepy

The Yamaha APX Nylon model has a smaller neck iifc

Grangousier

I have, and swear by, an Ovation 1773AX - they're pricier than I remember but mine is excellent, and definitely different from a traditional Spanish guitar. The other deviation would be to get a Godin Multiac (basically a solid body nylon string electric - also pricey but excellent). 

viz

Ibanez ae450?

m0rt

Had several nylon strung. In fact, have a Spanish Classical concert class and a Takamine Santa Fe PSF-48C with the tube preamp - the Takamines do several good nylon crossovers. The first time I got hold of a nylon was to try and improve dexterity and feeling. It worked.

A Spanish does have a wider nut and generally flatter radius but it depends on what your reasons are. You can do some amazingly expressive things with nylon that you just can't do with steel strings. But then you can't beat the hell out of them either.

The Godin Multiacs, as mentioned, are very good to play. However, worth hunting down a Takamine to try also as you can find them for a good price.

blueskunk

sweepy said:

The Yamaha APX Nylon model has a smaller neck iifc

Thanks Sweep, I’ll check that model out

blueskunk

Grangousier said:

I have, and swear by, an Ovation 1773AX - they're pricier than I remember but mine is excellent, and definitely different from a traditional Spanish guitar. The other deviation would be to get a Godin Multiac (basically a solid body nylon string electric - also pricey but excellent). 

I do like the look of them Ovations.   

blueskunk

m0rt said:

Had several nylon strung. In fact, have a Spanish Classical concert class and a Takamine Santa Fe PSF-48C with the tube preamp - the Takamines do several good nylon crossovers. The first time I got hold of a nylon was to try and improve dexterity and feeling. It worked.

A Spanish does have a wider nut and generally flatter radius but it depends on what your reasons are. You can do some amazingly expressive things with nylon that you just can't do with steel strings. But then you can't beat the hell out of them either.

The Godin Multiacs, as mentioned, are very good to play. However, worth hunting down a Takamine to try also as you can find them for a good price.

Thanks for the info. Got some more research to do.

Soreeyes

Just sent a new fender CN-140SCE back, neck to slim.