How to String a Classical Guitar

Ahh… Classical guitars. The tricky ones.Classical and flamenco (nylon-string) guitars are the scary ones when you’re starting out with stringing (and they’re still a pain when you’ve been doing it for years).While it’s generally not necessary to ‘tie’ strings on other instruments, when we’re talking about nylon-stringed instruments, we do need to learn a couple of knots.Don’t panic, don’t panic. You don’t need a scout’s knot-tying badge. It’s not too bad. Honest.There are lots of variations in classical stringing methods and I’ve tried plenty of them over the years. What I’ll show you here is the method I’ve been using for a while and I believe it’s the easiest.TYING NYLON STRINGS AT THE BRIDGEFirst up, we need to anchor the string at the bridge.Take a look at your string. Usually, you’ll find that one end has its windings wrapped a little more loosely—essentially, one end is ‘floppier’ and more flexible. This is the side we’ll tie to the bridge.The raised, squared part at the rear of…