Question about Classical Guitar

[sethlow3]

I play my electric guitar now the most out of the three styles (electric, classical, steel string) and am thoroughly enjoying play fingerstyle, flesh only on my electric.
I even strum with my bare thumb.

Screw nails, I’m a bassist originally. Callouses are something you can get and there plenty of great examples of players achieving it.

like scope out Steve Gilson:

 

[Michael Stanley 2112]

I think we need to define "classical style". If we're defining it as "finger style", have you heard some of these country pickers (and don't get me started on lap steel players).

If we're talking about The kind of music which "requires" an acoustic guitar, that's a whole 'nother ball game.

Of course there's a difference between electric and acoustic guitar sounds, but there are plenty of people who tear up electric guitars playing fingerstyle (Lindsey Buckingham comes immediately to mind) and the tighter string spacing doesn't seem to bother them a bit.

The most important thing (to my mind) is: this is YOUR musical journey. I'm not going to go through the whole list of people who didn't "follow the rules" and did pretty well for themselves, but there have been quite a few.

 

[Ostie]

There are some hybrid classical guitars made by Fender, Godin, and others (probably Yamaha, though I don’t know that for sure, just guessing) that are nylon string and usually have a piezo pickup.

 

[BigJohnAZ]

I have a 40+ year old Yamaha classical that I use to help figure out bass lines because sometimes I'm not in front of my office computer, listening to streaming or YT. If I'm in my living room and something on SIRIUSXM or the cable TV music channel comes on that I want to figure out, I grab the Yamaha and can get the notes fairly easy. Even if all I get are the chord root notes or the key, then I have something to build on when I have my bass and amp on with my computer and sound system.

I've been using the Yamaha for years like that, and sometimes I just want to play along with a song with chords. I started on acoustic guitar 50 some years ago, so I grab what's convenient at that particular time.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I know the name of this site isn't "TalkGuitar", but I don't know where else to ask this question. I apologize in advance?

Short version - Why do classical guitars have extra-wide necks, and why don't more people play classical style on electrics?

Long version - Like most people, I began my stringed journey on guitar. (Yamaha Pacifica 012, for the record.) After about a month, I figured out that my giant sausage fingers couldn't play guitar on a standard 43mm (1 11/16 inch) nut. So I switched to bass.
Since I had a guitar, I decided to order a a new neck that was 46mm (1 7/8 inch). My guitar playing (what little I do of it) improved immediately.
Now, I'm about to get another guitar with a standard-size nut. And since the headstock matches the body, I will never change the neck. (Ibanez Premium S1070PBZ Electric Guitar - Cerulean Blue Burst)
So now I'm thinking about changing the neck on my old Pacifica to a 54-mm nut (2 1/8 inch). This will allow me to play classical guitar style on an electric. Don't know if I'll ever actually get around to playing it well, but at least I'll have it if I ever do.
Why doesn't anybody else do this? Is this a dumb idea? (Note - I am not, nor will I ever be a professional musician. This is just a toy, as are pretty much all my instruments.)

I see no problem. In general, I prefer the finger board on a classical guitar as to my Taylor 510. Its much easier to get my fingers in the right place and getting a pure tone.

 

[Jason Hollar]

I have an inexpensive Alvarez that’s wonderful for figuring out bossa nova jazz chords and such.