Nylon or Steel

[Ahlimatainen]

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

Nylon is a bit more classical so I like

[Kain´s seventh son]

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!

[Ahlimatainen]

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

[NeonVomit]

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.

[Bones]

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

[Paola]

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 )

[Leo]

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

[Ahlimatainen]

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

[NeonVomit]

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.

[Jaakko]

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.

[NeonVomit]

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 )

[Jaakko]

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.

[Ahlimatainen]

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

[NeonVomit]

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

[stratoplayer]

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

[SETH]

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

[FakeTolkki]

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

[Patricia]

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

[Jaakko]

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?

[HateMeIfUDare]

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.

[NeverendingAbyss]

steel has a sharper sound

[NeonVomit]

I prefer nylon. More rounded, sweeter tone.

But it does depend what you're playing.

[Florian]

I prefer steel strings.

[hiro23]

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