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Old 04-11-2008, 07:15 AM
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I wouldn't rule out a classical guitar. I started in college playing folk songs on a classical guitar; then pretty much ignored playing at all for about 20 years. Just a few years ago a brushed the dust off of my old classical guitar (a giannini) and started playing again. Last fall I decided to switch to a steel string guitar. So I went to a local music store and asked to play some of their better taylors, larivees and martins. They all sounded really tinny to me. It wasn't a problem with the guitars, it was just that I was accustomed to the very mellow sound of the nylon strings. So try out a couple of classical guitars and see if they have the sound you're looking for. After all, classical guitars are made for finger picking.
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