STEEL STRINGS/ACOUSTIC GUITAR??

[ManicBass5]

Don't know if guitar Q's are also allowed here?!?
Just read today that some guitarists put steel strings on acoustics to build up the finger hardness faster....
Just wondered are they just high end guitars used like that?!?

 

[SLaPiNFuNK]

You can put anything you want on an ABG. You will sacrifice acoustic volume.

 

[michael_t]

Don't know if guitar Q's are also allowed here?!?

You can ask any questions you want.

No guarantee you'll get any meaningful responses, though, if it's something other than bass-related matters.

 

[Aidil]

Forgive for this non-English native speaker asking, what is "finger hardness"?

to build finger muscle strength? or callus maybe (or both)? or any other meaning?

 

[JTE]

Most acoustic guitars use bronze wound strings, but they're called steel string guitars to differentiate from nylon string guitars which classical and flamenco guitars are.

 

[Element Zero]

Well yeah usually on a “steel string acoustic”. On a classical guitar you’ll generally find Nylon strings.

 

[lz4005]

Forgive for this non-English native speaker asking, what is "finger hardness"?

As a native speaker of English, I don't know what "finger hardness" means either.

 

[Crater]

There are at two types of acoustic guitars: classical and steel string. Classical and Flamenco acoustic guitars use nylon strings. The upper strings (high E, B and G) are typically nylon 'monofilament'; the lower (low E, A, and D) strings are nylon cording wound with bronze wire. These guitars almost always have a slotted headstock.

Acoustic 'flat top' guitars with a standard headstock use steel strings, similar to an electric guitar except the wound strings (low E, A, D and usually G) are wound with bronze wire. Steel strings are louder and brighter toned than nylon strings, but the tension is much higher than nylon strings. A guitar designed for nylon strings can be damaged or broken by putting steel strings on it. The top and bridge are not designed for the extra tension of steel strings.

 

[ManicBass5]

Most acoustic guitars use bronze wound strings, but they're called steel string guitars to differentiate from nylon string guitars which classical and flamenco guitars are.

So they're bronze then.....got #4 looking copper-coloured #2 regular nylon I guess?!? Does that include acoustics electrics like mine I'd add?!?
They wldnt use different strings to amplify better??)

 

[ManicBass5]

There are at two types of acoustic guitars: classical and steel string. Classical and Flamenco acoustic guitars use nylon strings. The upper strings (high E, B and G) are typically nylon 'monofilament'; the lower (low E, A, and D) strings are nylon cording wound with bronze wire. These guitars almost always have a slotted headstock.

Acoustic 'flat top' guitars with a standard headstock use steel strings, similar to an electric guitar except the wound strings (low E, A, D and usually G) are wound with bronze wire. Steel strings are louder and brighter toned than nylon strings, but the tension is much higher than nylon strings. A guitar designed for nylon strings can be damaged or broken by putting steel strings on it. The top and bridge are not designed for the extra tension of steel strings.

Thank you for that.....
There's also a #3rd kind called "cheap as chips" for newbies.....
I'm not eXpecting much of myself with acoustic cause I'm better on bass)

 

[ManicBass5]

Thank you for that.....
There's also a #3rd kind called "cheap as chips" for newbies.....
I'm not eXpecting much of myself with acoustic cause I'm better on bass)

Surprised by how "low toned" Or "down tuned" the #4 thick strings are thou.....
I'd figured they'd sound higher/brighter on an acoustic?!? But I'm entry-level so I'm just glad to get the proper-size guitar atall this time around last order was too small)!!

 

[ManicBass5]

Forgive for this non-English native speaker asking, what is "finger hardness"?

to build finger muscle strength? or callus maybe (or both)? or any other meaning?

To get finger callous Bit faster so playing is more easy/longer)

 

[Jazz4Me]

Just to confuse matters more, there are flattop acoustics and archtop acoustics. It's common to use electric guitar strings on archtop acoustics. I tried bronze strings on one of mine but didn't care for them, it ceased to sound like a jazz guitar.

 

[MD]

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[ManicBass5]

Just to confuse matters more, there are flattop acoustics and archtop acoustics. It's common to use electric guitar strings on archtop acoustics. I tried bronze strings on one of mine but didn't care for them, it ceased to sound like a jazz guitar.

Thanks for that I'll have to try find a picture.....

 

[ManicBass5]

Just to confuse matters more, there are flattop acoustics and archtop acoustics. It's common to use electric guitar strings on archtop acoustics. I tried bronze strings on one of mine but didn't care for them, it ceased to sound like a jazz guitar.

Okay What kinda music guys do like the bronze strings then if not good for jazz sound?!?

 

[Jazz4Me]

Okay What kinda music guys do like the bronze strings then if not good for jazz sound?!?

Pick a genre, Folk, Pop, Country, Rock. The sound associated with jazz guitar (specifically archtops) developed around the use of electric guitar strings even on acoustic archtop guitars. It's not that bronze sounds bad on an acoustic archtop, it's that they don't sound right for that genre. Jazz guitarists are more divided between using flat wound strings vs round wound strings.

 

[ManicBass5]

Pick a genre, Folk, Pop, Country, Rock. The sound associated with jazz guitar (specifically archtops) developed around the use of electric guitar strings even on acoustic archtop guitars. It's not that bronze sounds bad on an acoustic archtop, it's that they don't sound right for that genre. Jazz guitarists are more divided between using flat wound strings vs round wound strings.

Don't know if guitar Q's are also allowed here?!?
Just read today that some guitarists put steel strings on acoustics to build up the finger hardness faster....
Just wondered are they just high end guitars used like that?!?

Well yeah usually on a “steel string acoustic”. On a classical guitar you’ll generally find Nylon strings.

 

[ManicBass5]

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Pic of my acoustics electric headstock for checking the guitar type)

 

[Jazz4Me]

I did a quick search on the brand. Low end flattop, it may be strung with silk and steel stings (kind of a hybrid between nylon strings and bronze strings but much lower tension). Hard to tell from photo, If so, I wouldn't recommend full bronze strings as the guitar may not have adequate bracing to sustain the tension.