First Guitar - Which should i buy ?

[mlee]

First, thank you for your replies, but now i'm a bit confused. Is the sound of a classic guitar very differnt from a western ? I dont mind if its harder to learn, but i'm more into music like Dave's than stuff like flamenco.

Well if you're into stuff like Dave that means you'll want to learn to play stuff like Dave, so I'd say get the steel stringed....I've never played a classical guitar, but from what I can tell they do sound different, no worse but different. But back to what I was saying, get a steel stringed guitar or western as some call them.

[isaac]

they sound different, and they're not made for strumming.

makes you put more effort into making it sound decent, though. i played dave on my $90 dollar nylon for about 2-3 years, and i went along just fine with it. people were impressed i could get decent strumming sounds out of such a crappy guitar.

again, if it's your first guitar, i wouldn't worry too much about sound. buy something decent that'll help you in the long run overall. going from my nylon to my taylor was smooth. i know a lot of people who were bred on steel-stringed guitars first who just couldn't play my nylon at all strumming, let alone fingerpicking.

the nylon is easier on a beginner's hands, too, and you still develop callouses from playing.

great for working the fingers when doing dave stretches. i remember when i played #41 on my nylon then my taylor. easy peasy.