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Classical Electric Guitars

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Is there such a thing as a classical electric guitar? Has the contemporary music of the twenty-first century made a place for a nylon string guitar with amplification and distortion? Some guitar players are attracted to the sound of the nylon string guitar but find the wider fretboard difficult to come to terms with. So the question is, where do I find a nylon string guitar with a nec, more like that of an electric guitar or a steel string acoustic?

There have been such guitars produced, such as the Epiphone Chet Atkins Classical-Nylon Acoustic-Electric Guitar. Also the Epiphone Classic SST 1.75 is a nice acoustic-electric with mahogany body and a spruce top. Its main features are a lack of feedback when amplified and a very natural sounding acoustic tone.

Finger style guitar players often have trouble with steel strings so the nylon string classical guitars give them the freedom to use classical or flamenco style techniques with the amplification of an electric guitar. But guitarists who want to play classical music on an amplified guitar are often dissatisfied with the kind of tonal response they get from a classical electric guitar.

The main objection to playing classical music on an electric guitar is the need to change the settings on an electric guitar to get variations in tone. Classical electric guitars do actually have a reasonable range of tones available for playing classical guitar music but it takes time and practice to be able to release the tonal possibilities in an electric guitar.

Of course any guitarist appreciates the flexibility a classical electric guitar offers for playing in the upper register. Playing really high notes is an art form in itself if you are just going to play an acoustic classical guitar. Some classical compositions have been transposed from their original key in order to make them playable on the guitar. A guitar with a cutaway allows a guitarist to play these pieces in their original key if he wants to.

Some guitar players enjoy the possibilities of playing an amplified nylon string guitar. A little overdrive on an acoustic guitar can be a joy to hear. Not to mention that the nylon string guitar can sound great with some electronic effects. It’s possible to imagine that the classical electric guitar could be a totally new instrument in much the same way as the electric bass guitar is in a world of its own compared to the string bass.

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