Fender‎'‎s FC‎-1 classical guitar is an affordable and great‎-sounding instrument that doesn‎'‎t compromise on tone‎,‎ feel or value‎.‎ Features include laminated spruce top with fan bracing‎,‎ laminated basswood back and sides‎,‎ traditional classical body shape‎,‎ wide neck with comfortable ‎"‎U‎"‎‎-shaped profile and Fender classical headstock shape‎,‎ flat fingerboard radius and 2 inch nut width‎.‎

A classical guitar differs from a steel‎-string acoustic in a number of ways‎.‎ Most important for beginning players‎,‎ classical guitars use nylon strings‎,‎ which are easier on the fingers and produce beautiful tone‎.‎ Classical guitars typically have thinner tops and lighter bracing than steel‎-string guitars‎,‎ with a bracing pattern that “fans” out from the soundhole toward the bottom of the guitar‎.‎ This fan‎-like placement of the individual braces makes an important contribution to the rich nylon‎-string classical tone that guitarists and listeners have loved for ages‎.‎ Spruce is the standard modern tonewood for fashioning the tops of acoustic guitars and other acoustic instruments—few woods can beat its strength‎,‎ brightness and dynamic range‎,‎ and it responds well to any acoustic playing style‎,‎ from hard strumming to fast flatpicking to delicate fingerpicking‎.‎