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A: This can be very unsafe! The design of nylon string Guitars is very similar from steel string guitars. To get the best sound from a guitar there is a balance between length and flexibility. Nylon strings are under less tension than steel strings so the top is made thinner and the internal braces are lighter allowing the instrument to vibrate more, giving you better volume. The extra pressure that steel strings put on a nylon guitar can, over time, cause the top to pull up, cause braces to come loose, and even pull the bridge off the guitar! Also, most nylon string guitars do not have internal neck reinforcement (truss rod) like steel string instruments do. This will cause the neck to pull forward causing the distance of the strings from the fret tops to decrease greatly making the instrument difficult to play. The tuning gear rollers on nylon instruments are also different. They are normally made from plastic which will not support the pressure of the steel strings. The shafts may break under the extra pressure.
Good answer. But if you have a guitar that you don't care about, the sound is very tinny.
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What guitar is better a acoustic guitar and a classical guitar?
The term acoustic, albeit not neccessarily accurate, usually implies a guitar with steel strings, whereas classical implies the use of nylon strings. For playing almost all types of modern music, a guitar with steel strings is preferred.
What are the strings on the classic guitar made out of?
Most classical guitar strings are made from a sort of nylon material. Some expensive types of 6 or 12 string guitars used for Mexican music use steel strings.
Whats the difference between an acoustic guitar and a classical acoustic guitar?
Nylon strings are lower tension in comparison to steel strings and have a warmer tone than steel string, thus making steel strings higher tension than nylon with a brighter tone than nylon strings.
Why are classical guitar strings nylon?
Nylon strings give a brighter, crisper sound than steel strings, and they don't tear one's fingernails up as bad as steel strings.
What are the notes for the strings on the guitar?
The conventional tuning for acoustic (and electric guitar) is (starting with the bass string): E A D G B E Apart from the G/B strings, you can get the next string note by holding the fifth fret of any string; so the note of the fifth fret of E is A, of A is D, of D is G.
