Thanks! 😀

Hey guys, i have a quick question. Lets say I have an electro-acoustic guitar with steel string, but i wanna change those strings for nylon strings. Is it possible? i mean, ive heard that it is not recomended on some guitars, is this true? or can it be done on any guitar, or should it never be done?

Thanks! 😀

Hey FD69, 🙂

You might want to get the one IG instructor (Rick Graham) who is an expert at both nylon and steel stringed instruments to chime-in on your topic. However, I will speak to the opposite of your question (just for perspective.) 😉

You should never try to put steel-strings in a guitar that is designed for nylon strings (often referred to as a classical guitar. The reason for never attempting this is simply because nylon strings (up-to-pitch) have much less tension than the steel-strings would (again, up-to-pitch.) Therefore, if you tried to put the steel-strings on a classical (nylon intended) guitar, the bridge would lift away from it’s adhesive or maybe even “snap” away from the body! (Becuase I teach out of a local music-store, I’ve seen many a distraught classical-owner come in puzzled as to why their bridge disintegrated after they tried to put steel-strings on their (now useless) classical guitar!) It’s always a shame to see that! 🙁

The bottom line here is that there is a BIG difference between stell-strings and nylon strings (besides timbre/sound!) That difference is “tension up-to-pitch!”

To answer your initial question directly, I’m NOT sure, but since the steel-string intended (“folk-guitar”) is designed/built for the higher-tension steel-strings, I would think that there would be NO structural harm in putting nylon-strings on the “folk/steel-string guitar.” However, I’m NOT sure about this? Perhaps Rick, or someone similarly knowledgable could address this a bit more confidently than I can! :confused:

Sorry that I couldn’t be of more help… :rolleyes:

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

Hey FD69, 🙂

You might want to get the one IG instructor (Rick Graham) who is an expert at both nylon and steel stringed instruments to chime-in on your topic. However, I will speak to the opposite of your question (just for perspective.) 😉

You should never try to put steel-strings in a guitar that is designed for nylon strings (often referred to as a classical guitar. The reason for never attempting this is simply because nylon strings (up-to-pitch) have much less tension than the steel-strings would (again, up-to-pitch.) Therefore, if you tried to put the steel-strings on a classical (nylon intended) guitar, the bridge would lift away from it’s adhesive or maybe even “snap” away from the body! (Becuase I teach out of a local music-store, I’ve seen many a distraught classical-owner come in puzzled as to why their bridge disintegrated after they tried to put steel-strings on their (now useless) classical guitar!) It’s always a shame to see that! 🙁

The bottom line here is that there is a BIG difference between stell-strings and nylon strings (besides timbre/sound!) That difference is “tension up-to-pitch!”

To answer your initial question directly, I’m NOT sure, but since the steel-string intended (“folk-guitar”) is designed/built for the higher-tension steel-strings, I would think that there would be NO structural harm in putting nylon-strings on the “folk/steel-string guitar.” However, I’m NOT sure about this? Perhaps Rick, or someone similarly knowledgable could address this a bit more confidently than I can! :confused:

Sorry that I couldn’t be of more help… :rolleyes:

~Bill Meehan~ 😀

Thanks bill, dont worry, its always nice to read your answers! 😀

Ok, so maybe Rick can help me a little here? :p