Now we are going to look at some differences on what I just showed you on the steel string guitar and on a nylon string guitar.
This is a nylon string guitar. It may be a little different than typical classicals you are use to seeing.
It's a solid body. It's actually an electric classical.
The principles are still the same in terms of putting strings on.
Most importantly we want to look at the head and the saddle.
The difference on the head on the nylon string guitar is that the pins that the string winds around run this direction rather than sticking up
perpendicular to the guitar so as you're cranking you're actually rolling a pin this way.
What that looks like from the side the string is going to come over the top and then curl around this way around a pin.
As we discussed before.
Before we start threading strings through here one of the things we're going to pay attention to is the angle of the hole in that pin.
That's the reason for the diagram on the board.
What we will be doing is bringing the string across the nut again, it angles down, we're going to go over the top of the pin and then come back
around underneath and then again when we get there we will bring this back around in the "S" bend and tuck.
Same principle. We're going to get one half turn underneath there.
The string is going to lock itself down and we will start turning.
You will see because nylon strings stretch more than steel do you'll notice that it looks like I have an average of two winds all the way around the pin.
I am still applying these the same but because of the stretch there is a little bit of extra string that ends up on this end.
The other difference is down on the bridge and saddle and that is basically usually on a nylon string or classical guitar
the strings are effectively tied off.
I'm going to show you the knot that I use and what I do.
There are probably simpler knots that will function but I like the way this looks and it ties off nice and neat and does not allow any slip.
I'll break that down for you when we get there.
First thing I'm going to do is take these strings off and we'll be right back.