Lavallee wrote:
Whenver I have been in a guitar store, I have never tried a classical guitar nor have I seen anyone playing with one. They are not as cool as electric or accoustic. I am grateful to TG to have brought in Hector as it is a revelation to me how nice a classical guitar can sound. This is a brand new aspect that I have never considered
I think it will take a little time since I have to start shopping and get the feel for them before making an opinion, but I will get one for sure.
Marc
Marc, It's funny that you should say that. Before Christmas I went to a local music store that has a lot of guitars to try out a classical. Out of the perhaps 100 guitars in the shop, they had 3 classicals. One very expensive one from Spain (which was hung with a big 'do not touch' sign on it) and 2 very low budget C40 Yamahas ($140) that you might by for a kid (in fact one was a 3/4 size). I asked the store manager whether they would be getting any more in and about one of the better model Yamahas that I was interested in trying out CG151 or a CG171, and he said they weren't getting classicals in because they are not cool and young people aren't interested in playing them (also mentioned that they were popular in the 70's - implying that they were so old fashioned). It made me cross at the time and I must admit I felt like telling him that he looked like a want-to-be guitar hero who was 55 going on 17 and that he should cut his dirty manky hair and grow up.
I left the store after trying the cheap one which felt like a toy.
Their loss - I obviously won't be purchasing anything fro them.