The 2 types of Classical Guitars:

[Skitzo130]

So my classical has the fretboard kind of like an inverted arch and is harder to do bar chords on. Then I go to my friends house and his classical has just a regular fretboard like a standard steel string acoustic. Whats the DEAL?

Why would they make 2 if one of them is a lot easier to play?

[Freeman Keller]

A true classical has a 2 inch wide flat fretboard while some of the "hybrids" (the Taylor, Martin, maybe some others) have a slightly narrower (1-7/8) and slightly radiused board. True classical style (thumb in the center of the back, guitar held pretty upright) seems to favor the former, while a slightly "sloppier" playing style the latter.

I don't play classical but I built one and did a lot of research on the neck configurations. btw - the hybrids are usually braced like a steel string (X) instead of the traditional fan.

[bjorn-fjord]

Traditional classicals, such as yours', have a dead flat fretboard (it's not really concave, is it!?). This is just the way that they have been built for hundreds of years. And since classical players are, for the most part, conservative traditionalists, they have resisted change.
Of course, there is a growing number of classical guitar makers that borrow from the advancements made by steel string makers over the years, such as radiused fretboards, and cutaways. But unfortunately these are still the exception.

[riffmeister]

I prefer the no radius wide fretboard of the traditional classical guitar when playing in that style. Pfffft.....go figure.....