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Well do you like Nylon strings or steel on your acoustic guitar?

Nylon is a bit more classical so I like

Steels, they work better with the pick, sound better (at least for me), are easier to play and give better responses to my playing style... I f***ing hate nylons!!! the sound is simply terrible!

I'm pretty sure that tolkki almost always uses nylon... Cuz it's not as much attack in the sound and it's a bit more"whip" if you can call it that..

In one or 2 songs he uses steel though

I guess it depends what you want from the sound. Personally, I prefer the sound of steel strings when playing chords and stuff like that. Nylon sounds better for melodies and arpeggios though.

It depends on what kind of music you play. I like them both, steel and nylon, but I gave my vote for steel.

I agree with you Bones...


Anyway, Now for me isn't hard play with steel strings because are easier than play the strings of a cello. (I said something very Stupid but that do a difference about the steel strings...I guess )

Nylon rocks..With nylon you get the the sound with soul...

Yeah.... But I cant stand a cheap nylon with cheap strings... but I would like to have both...

And Nylon isnt that good for real rythm chord strumming

Ahlimatainen wrote:Yeah.... But I cant stand a cheap nylon with cheap strings... but I would like to have both...

And Nylon isnt that good for real rythm chord strumming

True, I put D'Addarios on my classical guitar, sweeter sound. (That doesn't mean I know how to play, I'm possibly the worst guitar player on this forum).

Nylon simply doesn't have the attack sustain and resonance that steel does.

Steel for a classical? Oh no, check you neck, without truss rod it can't deal with the tension, but I guess you could get lucky with .008-.036 strings or so. Also the bridge and the top of the guitar might start twisting. If you're lucky the guitar is ok but most likely not.

Jaakko wrote:Steel for a classical? Oh no, check you neck, without truss rod it can't deal with the tension, but I guess you could get lucky with .008-.036 strings or so. Also the bridge and the top of the guitar might start twisting. If you're lucky the guitar is ok but most likely not.

No no, I have nylon strings on my classical! I'd never put steel on it!

I've re-read my post and realised that I didn't exactly make it clear

I prefer nylon for melodies and arpeggios, but steel for chords and riffs. I have nylon strings on my guitar, since I use it mostly for melodies (even though I am an awful guitar player )

Oh ha ha, and I forgot d'Addario makes nylon strings too. Just didn't think you referred to quality when mentioning d'Addario as for me they make some crappy strings.

Is it an Ovation that Tolkki and Yngwie uses?... it sounds nice

Jaakko wrote:Oh ha ha, and I forgot d'Addario makes nylon strings too. Just didn't think you referred to quality when mentioning d'Addario as for me they make some crappy strings.

They also make some nice strings

I like nylon more (bear in mind I never play my accoustic guitar though) since the sound is cleaner and more natural than steel, the arpeggios and scales sound a lot better to my tastes

I have only used steel ones, so I can't compare.

for strato music i prefer nylon...but sometimes tolkki uses both...its kinda weird...

I like to use both, even if it sounds different, it is nice though.

How about a 3-neck acoustic, with nylon, steel and steel 12 necks?

Might sound pretty weird with such a large sound plate but not necessarily bad eh?

I've played a 6-string acoustic with 3 nylon and 3 steel strigs; and personally I prefer the steel ones. They're easier to pick, and I prefer the sound they make.

steel has a sharper sound

I prefer nylon. More rounded, sweeter tone.

But it does depend what you're playing.

I prefer steel strings.

Depends on what kind of sound you are going for, I think each one has advantages.