NGD - cheap classical guitar from work

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:58 pm

Someone left this guitar in the workroom and the secretary told me to take it. Missing a D string. Looks cheap but it's free. Needs strings and a truss rod adjustment.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:03 pm

nice coloring. good luck adjusting the truss rod, assuming it has one.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:04 pm

Cool !!!!

taylornutt wrote:Needs a truss rod adjustment.

I doubt it'll have one !! same with all (?) Classicals.

Sand down the base of the bridge if you need to achieve a better action, and perhaps a lighter gauge set.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:09 pm

Man, i miss having a functional classical guitar. My first guitar was a cheap classical. I still have it, but the intonation's all mussed up. =[

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:56 pm

It does have a truss rod and it needs to be adjusted. I need a set of classical strings. Any suggestions? I definitely with sand down the bridge saddle.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:02 pm

taylornutt wrote:It does have a truss rod and it needs to be adjusted.

Thats odd, I've only ever come across a couple of nylon strung guitars that have truss rods.

Either way, free guitar is a free guitar.

I personally like D'Addario Pro Art Normal tension nylon strings on my classical.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:26 pm

Gabriel wrote:
taylornutt wrote:It does have a truss rod and it needs to be adjusted.
Thats odd, I've only ever come across a couple of nylon strung guitars that have truss rods.

yeah, i thought they only did if they say "steel reinforced neck."

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:45 am

Neck was bowed and the truss rod was super loose. Used allen wrench to tighten it up and flatten out the neck. I need to get some strings tomorrow and sand down the bridge saddle.
Plays better after adjusting the truss rod too.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:08 am

Cleaned her up and put the new strings on. Never had a Nylon stringed guitar so that took a little getting accustomed to as far as tying the strings to the bridge. I have retuned the guitar about 100 times. the metal strings are stablizing but the nylon strings are continuing to stretch and go out of tune. Sounds pretty good though. Better than I expected. It's very small and shortscale I believe. If the tuning settles down, it's a nice little fun guitar.

NGD - cheap classical guitar from work

NGD - cheap classical guitar from work

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