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Thread #55697 Message #2023136
Posted By: redsnapper
12-Apr-07 - 10:07 AM
Thread Name: Taylor Nylon-String Guitars
Subject: RE: Taylor Nylon-String Guitars
Reviving this old thread, I just procured a very nice Yamaha APX 10CN electro classic nylon strung guitar at a good price. Apparently, at one time the top-of-the-range model, it has a solid cedar top, bubinga sides and back, very nice neck and good stereo electronics. It works very well through my Yamaha Stagepas 300 PA which has a stereo instrument input and gives a lovely "wide" sound. It seems to be a rather rare model, the web being pretty devoid of any information other than that this rather good player uses one.
Having been used to steel strung guitars all my playing life, I am actually quite surprised how versatile this guitar is and the variety of sounds I can get from it in different styles. It isn't at all bad purely acoustically either.
After buying it I thought hard tension nylons woiuld work well and put on some D'Addario EJ46s. I wasn't happy with them and have reverted back to medium tensions now and the guitar seems much better with those. Any experience from other users about a good string match (I know this is always very subjective).