Hello
My name is Clay and I'm an 84 year old guy who built a great (if I do say so myself) classical guitar in the Torres style fifty years ago. I used the best materials available then- Brazilian rosewood, Austrian spruce, African mahogany and ebony and (then) legal ivory. Never leaned to play
Now, with the pandemic pushing me into the Endangered Species sector, I certainly have the time to try and learn to play. My guitar sounds just beautiful, but the classical neck is just too thick and wide for my old hands so far, and the scale too long (645 mm).
What I've done is buy an inexpensive folk acoustic (Yamaha FG 800), restrung it with ball-ended nylon and put a capo on the first fret to get a shorter scale and a slightly wider neck and retuned it to standard tuning so I don't get any more confused than I already am!
I'm spending a fair amount of time at my attempt, but making very slow progress- but at least it's SOME progress...
You all stay well and productive!
