dorst, I've been playing acoustic and electric for almost a year now. I just bought my first Classical guitar about a week ago. I bought a Yamaha CG101 at Guitar City for $200. I bought it because I felt like I needed to put more time in learning fingerstyle playing. I haven't tried playing it with a pick but I have strummed it with my fingers and it sounded good.
If you want to start out right away learning fingerpicking then I'd say a classical is a good choice. It has a very sweet clear tone when picking. The nylon strings are easier on your fingers and you can play for a longer period of time w/o fatigue setting in. The fretboard is wider and flatter. You really space out and stretch your fingers, and don't have to worry about hitting multiple strings scrunching up your fingers.
Also, classical guitars are smaller by the nature of the beast. From what I understand they are smaller and lighter built to get volume out of the nylon strings, which have less energy than the steel. And take less energy to pluck as well. I think it's a good choice, if you plan to start out learning Kirk's fingerpicking lessons. If you are more interesting in strumming chords then a steel string acoustic is a better way to go.
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