Classical vs acoustic?

[LightShot]

Hi everyone.
I`m really confused and i really don’t know which guitar to buy, im torn in between. I have two options. Yamaha c40 and yamaha fs80c, both cost the same. I’ve been playing guitar for a while but it’s been inconsistent. Started 4-5 years ago, started in a class, learnt it for 6 months, but stopped after that. Never really learnt it properly in the classroom, left incomplete. Only learnt playing simple songs with tabs, never shifted to chords. So two years ago i started learning on youtube again. I had an old acoustic guitar. I started with tabs again. But then i was really intrigued by fingerstyle pieces. I spend months learning my first fingerstyle song, which was the last of us theme. Loved it. Then moved to other fingerstyle songs like asturias, godfather theme, la la land theme song. Basically songs from the youtube channel “sky guitar”. Then i learnt a flamenco instrumental piece gratitude by amin toofani. But even after doing all this for almost two years. I couldn’t really play rhythmic guitar properly. So right now im torn between buying a classical guitar, and a acoustic guitar. Cause if I buy acoustic I could like playing rhythmic guitar, but what if I don’t? And I have mood swings, sometimes i even want to play electric guitar pieces . I`m so confused what to buy.

 

[phillybhatesme]

That’s an interesting predicament.
Have you considered either of these factors:

• Nylon vs. steel strings
• Nut width

Classical guitars will be strung with nylons and usually have a wider nut than most electrics and steel-string acoustics.

 

[BeZo]

Really the only right answer is what is right for you. Best you can do is play both and pick the one you like more.

As for electric guitar and rhythm, you might have come to the wrong place. We are all just going to tell you to buy more guitars. You can always buy another guitar later to reflect whatever you grow into. There is actually a formula for how many guitars you need: N+1 (N= the number of guitars you currently have).

I can't tell you how many times I've started a band where I had the wrong instrument (or amp), let alone pedals. You always need to retool for a new project, so when that time comes, you just buy another guitar.