Modern pickups are so natural sounding that players are much more excepting of amplifying in that way. Pickup systems are also common on crossover guitars. The other is highly figured maple with a double top of cedar and Spruce. We think players are simply no longer wanting to sacrifice playability for whatever minor tonal difference there might be.”Ībove we have 2 incoming Buscarino Cabarets – One is Indian Rosewood with a double spruce top. All of that severely restricts the soundboard in the upper area of the body. In addition the fingerboard is glued down to the face and there is a big popsicle brace inside above the sound hole. You have the entire neck heel inside that area and it is glued directly to the top and back. If you think about it, the upper portion of a guitar’s top toward the neck joint does not move very much. But in our experience, a cutaway has a very minor effect on the sound of an instrument. Making a nylon string instrument loud and strong is quite a challenge since there is very little string energy to begin with. Paul adds, “I think the classical guitar world has resisted using the cutaway in an attempt to get all of the possible volume out of the instrument. A cutaway allows a player to more easily reach up to the 15th fret and beyond for pieces that go into the higher register. All of these dimensions work so depending on the player’s needs we can find them the appropriate feel.” – Paul Heumiller, Dream Guitars Also nylon strings do vibrate in a much wider arc so the string spacing all the way up the fingerboard must allow for that. Given that nylon strings are physically wider, a nut width greater than 1 3/4″ seems to help players play more cleanly and be able to fit the fingers into complex chord shapes. 1 7/8ths (48mm) seems to be the most popular. “We see nylon crossover Guitars with as narrow a nut as 1 3/4″ up to perhaps 1 15/16″ nut. Typically the nut width is around 48 mm or 1 7/8 inches. The primary features that identify a crossover are very obvious.
Here at Dream Guitars we offer instruments from Alejandro Cervantes, John Buscarino, Steve Fischer, Brian Applegate, Daniel Stark, Paul McGill and others who are embracing and welcoming this change.
Many modern builders are responding to this call. Many players are simply ready for an instrument that’s easier to play and allows them to create their music with less of a fight. A slimmer nut width and neck girth makes left-hand play easier and wide stretches less daunting. A cutaway allows access to the higher frets. But as nylon string guitars become more popular with a wider variety of players in varying styles of music, they are demanding change. For hundreds of years the classical guitar has remained almost unchanged – no cutaway and a wide neck. A cross over is a common name for a nylon string guitar with dimensions and features closer to a steel string guitar.
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