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A: This can be very unsafe! The design of nylon string Guitars is very similar from steel string guitars. To get the best sound from a guitar there is a balance between length and flexibility. Nylon strings are under less tension than steel strings so the top is made thinner and the internal braces are lighter allowing the instrument to vibrate more, giving you better volume. The extra pressure that steel strings put on a nylon guitar can, over time, cause the top to pull up, cause braces to come loose, and even pull the bridge off the guitar! Also, most nylon string guitars do not have internal neck reinforcement (truss rod) like steel string instruments do. This will cause the neck to pull forward causing the distance of the strings from the fret tops to decrease greatly making the instrument difficult to play. The tuning gear rollers on nylon instruments are also different. They are normally made from plastic which will not support the pressure of the steel strings. The shafts may break under the extra pressure.
Good answer. But if you have a guitar that you don't care about, the sound is very tinny.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes. Steel string guitars are designed to withstand a great deal of tension created by the strings and nylon strings have far less tension. Just don't put steel strings on a nylon string guitar.
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What guitar is better a acoustic guitar and a classical guitar?
The term acoustic, albeit not neccessarily accurate, usually implies a guitar with steel strings, whereas classical implies the use of nylon strings. For playing almost all types of modern music, a guitar with steel strings is preferred.
What are the strings on the classic guitar made out of?
Most classical guitar strings are made from a sort of nylon material. Some expensive types of 6 or 12 string guitars used for Mexican music use steel strings.
Whats the difference between an acoustic guitar and a classical acoustic guitar?
Nylon strings are lower tension in comparison to steel strings and have a warmer tone than steel string, thus making steel strings higher tension than nylon with a brighter tone than nylon strings.
Why are classical guitar strings nylon?
Nylon strings give a brighter, crisper sound than steel strings, and they don't tear one's fingernails up as bad as steel strings.
What are the notes for the strings on the guitar?
The conventional tuning for acoustic (and electric guitar) is (starting with the bass string): E A D G B E Apart from the G/B strings, you can get the next string note by holding the fifth fret of any string; so the note of the fifth fret of E is A, of A is D, of D is G.
What guitar is better a acoustic guitar and a classical guitar?
The term acoustic, albeit not neccessarily accurate, usually implies a guitar with steel strings, whereas classical implies the use of nylon strings. For playing almost all types of modern music, a guitar with steel strings is preferred.
What are the strings on the classic guitar made out of?
Most classical guitar strings are made from a sort of nylon material. Some expensive types of 6 or 12 string guitars used for Mexican music use steel strings.
Whats the difference between an acoustic guitar and a classical acoustic guitar?
Nylon strings are lower tension in comparison to steel strings and have a warmer tone than steel string, thus making steel strings higher tension than nylon with a brighter tone than nylon strings.
What is a folk guitar?
An acoustic guitar with steel strings (as opposed to a classical guitar which has nylon or gut strings).
What is the 2 kinds of strings on a guitar?
steel and nylon
What are the string's on the guitar called?
This is kind of a broad question. Some guitar strings are nylon (classical guitar) or steel (acoustic). For standard tuning, from top to bottom the strings are E A D G B E.
Why are classical guitar strings nylon?
Nylon strings give a brighter, crisper sound than steel strings, and they don't tear one's fingernails up as bad as steel strings.
What are the notes for the strings on the guitar?
The conventional tuning for acoustic (and electric guitar) is (starting with the bass string): E A D G B E Apart from the G/B strings, you can get the next string note by holding the fifth fret of any string; so the note of the fifth fret of E is A, of A is D, of D is G.
Can you use light guitar strings on an electric acoustic?
You shouldn't do this. They have different types of strings for a reason. But if you're still insistent upon trying it, make sure you have a professional guitar tech do this for you, because chances are, even if you use the exact same gauged strings, you will have to have your truss rod readjusted, which will cost more than buying strings that are made for an electric guitar.
What strings are used ona acostic guitar?
Nylon Or steel are best for acoustic but i would recommend having nylon strings on classical guitar rather than acoustic.
What type of fibers are guitar strings made out of?
Classical guitar strings are mainly made out of nylon. Different thickness of the strings allows for differences in tension. Today, string makers are also experimenting with a mixture of carbon and nylon which allows for thinner strings and adds more clarity to the tone. Carbon strings tend to be brighter in tone than the pure nylon strings. Bass strings (lower three strings in a set) have the same nylon core, but they are additionally wrapped with a silver-plated coper wire. Electric guitar strings use the similar process, but with steel instead of nylon. There is a great video on Discovery/Science channel website ("How it's made") that shows the entire process of making steel strings for guitar.
What happens when you put nylon strings on an electric guitar?
you really can't because theres no way to hold them in the bridge properly unless you have a Floyd rose. They won't get picked up on the amp though as theres nothing magnetic for the pickups to produce.
