When I was a kid, I borrowed a nylon string guitar from my teacher when I first got in to classical...when I brought it home, I remember my dad saying "oh cool, a folk guitar."
Flash forward 25 years, my wife's uncle is getting reinterested in playing after 20-30 years away from the guitar...at a family party, he asks me "do they still sell folk guitar strings?" Confused, I ask to see his guitar, and yep--a nylon string.
So I'd say in some people''s minds, nylon strings have a VERY big place in folk music. I think they sound great for almost anything.
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