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Originally Posted by Mivo
Surprised at the view expressed in some posts that the classical guitar is easier to learn. The 52mm nut of the CG gave me more trouble than the 44.5mm (1.75") nut of my steel string guitar, even with basic chords like G (middle, ring, pinky version).
I think the choice should depend on sound preference. If a student likes the sound of the instrument, they'll be more likely to stick with it. CGs and steel string guitars are rather different there.
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Yep, surprised also. (That neck and string spacing is not conducive to the sort of thing an eventual steel string player wants to learn and eventually play on).
Funnily enough when holidaying in Argentina (like others have said) the guitars I came across were pretty much always classical guitars and players would play mostly folk with their fingers. (The only steel string guitars I saw were in a music shop). Handing me a classical guitar to play without a flat pick, thumb pick or fingerpicks presented little joy for me unfortunately.