Brilliant demo. I'm thinking of putting light gauge electric strings on my baritone ukulele. Arthritis has ruined my guitar playing but with the extra gaps on a full-sized uke I can manage a bit better. Thanks for your help.
I was in exactly the position you mentioned, I have one guitar and was hoping to get a more acoustic guitar sound at first, but you convinced me I still like the nylon strings better so I'll be buying those again thank you very much lol
I put the exl120 on my classical guitar. I have one finger that doesn't accept nylon strings because they are thicker. Great sound, no cutting into anything. The finger is doing much better. I'm happy!😀
Note that any steel strings will... 1. Sound very tinny, because of the different soundboard and its bracing design. 2. Lose all intonation, because the nylon strung guitar doesn't have a compensated saddle. 3. Probably be inclined to string buzz, as the strings will not sit right in the nut sluts, which are wider for nylon strings. 4. It will not feel right, especially playing barre chords, as nylon strung fingerboards are flat and very much wider, and accoustics are narrow and radiused. 4. The action will be very high, because nylon strings are thicker, and have a bigger vibration circle, so they're set higher from the fretboard. This can't be addressed by shaving the saddle, and the neck has no truss rod to adjust any relief. . 5. There's less upper fret access on a nylon string guitar, - unless it's a cutaway. 6. Very likely damage the plastic tuner spools. There's more, but that should convince you to forget it ..
I can't fault any of your points. However, it sounds like you're not the intended audience for this video, and that you may have missed the point altogether. 1) Curiosity. This video is for those who are curious about what it might sound like. 2) Fun. It's fun to try something like this and see how it turns out. 3) Financial restrictions. Many people simply can't afford a steel string or don't have access to one. People such as young students who don't have any money, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, people from countries or locations where guitars are hard to come by. In my travels around the world, nylon guitars are the ones that seem to find it into the hands of people with little means. Maybe their guitar hero plays a steel string but they can't afford one, this video is to show that they can approximate that sound if it's important to them. This video is not to say everyone should put electric strings on their nylon guitars. It's to say that if you want to, you can. And here's what it might sound like. That's all.
I use John Pearson strings. Not sure about the name, can’t remember, but something like ‘Folk Guitar Strings’. These were available through Thomastik, but you can get them anywhere. I’m very pleased with them.
> Be aware of the long term effect on the top, it might bulge outward. If the tension numbers are the same, the top doesn't care what strings you use. I made a video about this topic: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f0-DqfLSZBE.html > Try John Pearse steel strings specifically made for low tension situation I'll check em out.
Is it possible to put classical guitar strings on acoustic guitar? I know some brands make ball end, and i probably also could tie a double knot, or loop de loop like putting on ukulele strings, then insert into the the bridge, pin in
It doesn't have the punchyness that a normal dreadnaught has, but that's not necessarily bad, and normal grand concert and OM guitars don't have that neither. So it's not a powerhorse, but still quite a usable acoustic guitar I'd say
Thanks that was mighty helpful. The reason I am here is that I want the wide, flat neck of a classical guitar with regular “bend-able” guitar strings. Do we know of any electric guitar with a neck as wide as that of a classical guitar.
I suppose if the guitar nut is made of extremely soft plastic then the thinner steel strings (strings 1 or 2) might wear the nut slot down a little bit but if it’s a high quality nut/saddle then no. No problem.
@@AB-1023 i tried them with 10-46 gauge from ernie ball, but it was a very cheap classical guitar so the nut and tuners where made of plastic or something like that
@@Rhezoloution it's not really about the gauge, if I had slightly thinner or thicker strings it wouldn't change much, it's the steel that started destroying the parts where it was directly in contact with like the tuners because of the friction
im owning 2 classical guitars, some how i have like 3 packs of steel string lying around. i may give it a try, one of them has already lost the low e anyways
Hi sir, do you think Super Slinky strings by Ernie Ball (.09-42) will damage my classical guitar? I found out that the string tension of those is calculated 86.20 pounds. Thanks in advance.
Hi sir, i was wondering if i can put acoustic strings on my classical guitar if they are extra light gauge, for example, Martin Extra Light 10-47 or D'Addario Super Light Gauge 09-45, and wich gauge would you recomend
@@HighRoadMusicTutorials Ok, Thanks!! Just another question, what would an acceptable string tension would be? in your video you said that it was 37kg~ but i have seen people saying that a clasical guitar can handle about 40 something kg
@@7danniii I mean, I'm sure some classical guitars "can" handle more. I'm taking the 37kg from the tension associated with a standard pack of D'Addario Nylon strings. If you're going to bend the rules, probably best to stay within the 37kg if possible.
I don't see why not, but I'm not sure how you would calculate the resulting string tension. There may be an online string tension calculator you can use?
@@HanesLeoEMalem Most of it is described in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f0-DqfLSZBE.html But basically, you have to use light gauge electric strings. 9-42 gauge. Don't use anything heavier than that or you risk damaging your nylon guitar.
Yep, intonation not great with Electric Strings on the Classical. I go into more detail about this at 6:39 in the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6UDtz8VNChQ.html
Oh yes, of course the nylon strings sound best on a Classical Guitar. The video is just to demonstrate that you "can" put electric strings on to get a pseudo-steel string acoustic sound. This is an idea for students or people who don't have a steel string guitar available.
