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What are the differences between steel-string acoustic and classical/flamenco (a.k.a. "nylon-string") guitars?

What are the differences between classical and flamenco guitars?

How can one tell the difference between a student guitar and a concert guitar?

What are the differences between cedar and spruce soundboards?

What is French polish?

What other types of finishes are used?

What are the differences between Indian and Brazilian rosewoods?

What are the differences between rosewood and ebony fingerboards?

What is bracing and how does it affect sound?

What does quarter sawn mean?

What is the difference between a factory guitar and a handmade guitar, and what are some examples?