Steel Strings on your guitar or nylons? Why?
There is no OR about it. You CANNOT use steel strings on a nylon string guitar because the increased tension will actually warp the top of the guitar and eventually pull the bridge right off! (I have seen it happen several times!) Although it is possible to put nylon strings on a steel string guitar it is not recommended. Nylon strings do not have as much tension as a steel string guitar is designed for. Steel string guitar necks are actually designed with a bit of back bow to compensate for the high tension of steel strings. Nylon strings have a much lower tension which could cause the neck of a steel string to settle slightly, which could actually cause the strings to fret out. It is not common, but it does happen. So keep your guitars happy and only string them with the proper strings.
Kind of a silly question. I use steel strings on my steel string guitars and nylon strings on my classical guitar. It's not something you have any choice in; steel string guitars must use steel strings and classical guitar must use nylon strings.
Steel because I bought a steel string guitar and that's what goes on it. Had I bought a classical guitar I would put nylon strings on it, but I don't particularly want to play classical guitar music, so I bought a steel string guitar. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
I love steel strings on MY guitar because the brand of strings and the type of guitar I have makes the strings softer on my fingers than other people's Steel Stringed guitars. Nylon sounds weird to me.
