chillcon65's Avatar
chillcon65 5
768 Asked
0 Answered
0 Best
0
No one has voted on this question yet :(
1 year, 6 months ago via guitar-answers.com

What's the difference between a classical guitar and a normal acoustic guitar?

Is it just the playing style, or are the guitars actually different from each other?
Tip for best answer: M$1.00
Separate topics with commas, or by pressing return. Use the delete or backspace key to edit or remove existing topics.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

What is Your Answer?

0
0
0

2 Answers

0
stevegoetsch's Avatar
stevegoetsch | 1 year, 3 months ago
0
Much different, you will break a classical guitats neck if you put steel strings on it and try to tune, also if you put nylon strings on a accoustic it will have such a soft sound there will be no volume.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
0
phryne's Avatar
phryne | 1 year, 6 months ago
11
The Spanish guitar uses a much lighter string tension. That's what allows players to be so quick and nimble. Acoustic guitars generally use steel strings. Spanish (classical) guitars are mostly nylon, or metal-wrapped nylon on the bass strings.

The lower tension allows some other design changes. It doesn't need a truss rod and uses less bracing. An acoustic guitar is actually under a lot of tension, as you can tell if you've ever broken a string, and it requires a lot of material to keep it from crushing itself. The lighter classical guitar has a different tone and sustain characteristics.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel

Learn something new with our FREE educational apps!

Private lessons in the comfort of your own home. Get back in shape or finally pick up a guitar with our great experts guiding you the whole way!
Learn Guitar
Learn Hip Hop
Learn Pilates