View Full Version : What Nylon String Acoustic With Non-Classical Neck Width?
Catoogie
06-27-2008, 12:11 AM
I love nylon string acoustics but I don't like the wide neck of classical guitars. Any suggestions? Don't need a pickup.
Paul Conway
06-27-2008, 03:44 AM
Takamine EAN60c
Yamaha APX
Taylor nylon
These all have electronics, though.
I just got a Kenny Hill New World crossover that I really like. I think the current model is called La Curva - 1 7/8 nut and a steel string like profile on the neck.
Guild has two GAD models with 1 3/4 nut that are pretty nice. It does have a flat fingerboard though which may bother you.
The Taylors aren't bad but they don't sound quite "classical" to me.
Paul Conway
06-28-2008, 06:15 AM
The Taylors aren't bad but they don't sound quite "classical" to me.
I agree - not much 'snap'. I preferred my Tak over the Taylor.
Godin Multiac Duet...Killer
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Dyingsea
06-28-2008, 09:03 AM
I went through a big nylon hybrid phase trying everything I could. I ended up with a Ramirez 2CWE.
daddyo
06-28-2008, 09:50 AM
Yamaha CGX 171CCA. Nicest nylon stringed neck I've played. They are only around $500 new and $300 used. Thye come with dual pickup configuration (piezo and mic). Most of the hybrid nylons sound thin acoustically compared to their full sized big brothers.
Catoogie
06-28-2008, 10:37 AM
I don't want a classical guitar, I'm thinking more of a 'Folk' nylon string guitar. Suggestions?
tonio19
06-28-2008, 11:33 AM
A couple of years ago I ran into an Ibanez AE-450 for sale locally on Craigslist. I didn't know anything about it, so I ran a search and found it has a very narrow (for a nylon string) neck.
Anyway, I went and looked at it and bought it as soon as I played it.
Now I rarely run it through an amp, but it is an option if you ever want to.
I "Believe" that they only made them for a few years, mine was made in 1983 if memory serves (I am not looking at it right now). I am mostly an electric player, but I occasionally like to expand into other venues and this is why this guitar appealed to me.
I am not sure what you really want, besides just a thinner neck.
So there you go.
Do a little research online, and then if you can find one to try.... just might do the trick for you.
Of course Parker has a pretty neat nylon string electric with a narrow(er) neck, but if you want an acoustic, the Ibanez AE-450 is about the narrowest neck I have ever seen on a nylon string (acoustic) guitar.
Tony
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