i have purchased a high dollar Martin guitar and i was wondering if there are many people out there that have used steel string acoustics for classical and flamenco guitar playing.otherwise i will need a nylon stringeror.. uld i put nylon strings on an old yamaha steel string guitar that i have?
If the guitar was designed for nylon strings, then don't put steel strings on it!
Guitars built for either nylon or steel strings are constructed differently. You will have problems putting nylon strings on a steel stringed guitar and visa verse. I say NEITHER is a good idea. If I were in your shoes, I would walk on line or to a guitar store and purchase a nylon stringed guitar. That's what I did years ago and now I am hooked. I got a second hand Takamine A/E that work just fine for a couple hundred and then just a yr or so ago I got a brand new one, an EC132C and I just LOVE it. As my skills improve I plan on upgrading to a custom built acoustic only with a cutaway. I like cutaways but not the electronics. I never plug into my amp hardly at all. Yamaha makes nylon guitars too VERY cheap and real good tonal quality, I was VERY impressed with one that I played. I upgraded my tuners on my new Takamine to Schaller 16:1 and put the old Takamine tuners on that Yamaha and it's a really nice little guitar to kick around on when I am at that person's place.
