Alatriste -> RE: Curved fretboard (Feb. 22 2010 12:30:35)
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I have not seen a nylon string guitar with a curved fretboard. Some steel string acoustic guitars will have curvature in them. This helps with the fretting supposedly. Their necks also taper, that is narrower at the head, widening to the soundhole. However, these instruments are generally played with a pick. If you have been trained on classical/Flamenco guitars, then moving to a curved fretboard will not be a major problem for you when it comes to fretting, nor will learning how to use a pick. However, the converse is not true. I do not believe you would have a problem rasgueando on such a guitar but I would highly suggest that you don't. Steel strings and rasgueos don't get along very well. You could restring the guitar with nylon strings, however, you should never put steel strings on a guitar designed only for nylon. So again, the converse does not hold true.
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