delitz01 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I'm a beginner and I found this really cheap guitar. Thought it was a classical one, but they don't usually have this kind of headstock, right? I'm not sure what strings to buy, since the previous owner put both steel and nylon strings for some reason. Photo: https://ibb.co/3rHFLNW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 33 minutes ago, delitz01 said: I'm a beginner and I found this really cheap guitar... I can see why it was cheap. It's a 'hybrid'; a classical guitar body with a folk guitar head-stock. I bought a similar guitar as my first, in the '60s. It was a pig of a guitar, Russian-made, with a neck bolt through the heel. Steel strings cut my beginner fingers to ribbons; it was like playing a cheese slicer. The big problem is that it is good for neither steel nor nylon strings, although steel would be better. The tuning mechanics are of a diameter suitable for steel, but not for nylon. Tuners for nylon are of a much wider diameter, as nylon strings need much longer around the barrel; the ones on this guitar won't be able to encompass such windings. Best advice..? String it with the lightest steel strings you can find, but look around for a better bargain as soon as finances allow, either an all-nylon if you want to learn classical guitar or flamenco, or an all-steel if you prefer folk songs, pop and/or rock. I learned jazz chords on my first guitar, but bought a Hofner President arch-top as soon as I could; my finger-tips thanked me for it. Hope this helps; subject to completion, correction and/or contradiction from others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
