Members EvilTwin Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 I dunno what it is, but I think blues stuff sounds very cool with a nylon string guitar. Am I a weirdo, or do any of you guys do the same? I like playing "Hoochie Coochie Man" as much as "Fur Elise" on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thebadger Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 These days all I play is on Nylon strings. I normally sit down and try classical pieces for the first half, and then when I get bored of that I usually beat out some improvised blues riffs. If you've ever heard John McLaughlin's playing on Friday Night in SF...(I think he's playing a nylon string on that album). Anyway, the second song, after the little Pink Panther bit he starts going into this little stomping blues bit which sounds very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members likkafella Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 Has this nice warm mellow sound. I've got a very decent steel string and a laminated nylon string. Just put the steel in the closet yesterday, cause all I play is the nylon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dongenaro Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by likkafella Has this nice warm mellow sound. I've got a very decent steel string and a laminated nylon string. Just put the steel in the closet yesterday, cause all I play is the nylon. I played nothing but nylon for ten years, but, lately all I playis my Carvin electric. Just needed a change I geuss. There are some things that only sound right on a nylon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 15, 2003 Members Share Posted October 15, 2003 Yes....you're weird! Actually, if the nylon string sound is what gets ya going, that fine...It's all good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LittleBrother Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Blues has probably been played on many a gut string guitar. I would never judge someone wierd. I think the more different you are the more special you are. Go for it. I love to sit around with my friends nylon Ovation. Trouble free playing. No wear on my fingers. I like the string separation too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Smilin' Bob Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Originally posted by LittleBrother Blues has probably been played on many a gut string guitar. I would never judge someone wierd. I think the more different you are the more special you are. Go for it. I love to sit around with my friends nylon Ovation. Trouble free playing. No wear on my fingers. I like the string separation too. Oh yeah, easy on the fingers, and I can be more accurate on the wide neck. I love my Yamaha CGX171SFC! It smells good too. Think Willie Nelson - no a blues player per se, but he can play it when he wants to, and whatever he plays sounds great on his nylon string "Trigger." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffdaddy Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 You might be weird for different reasons, but not for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daddyO Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Nothing wrong with that. Bending is tough because it takes so much bend to go a full step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 56Tweed Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 You are alright by me... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilTwin Posted October 16, 2003 Author Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Originally posted by LittleBrother Blues has probably been played on many a gut string guitar. I would never judge someone wierd. I think the more different you are the more special you are. Go for it. I love to sit around with my friends nylon Ovation. Trouble free playing. No wear on my fingers. I like the string separation too. The ease of playing is why I started playing classicals originally. My fingers can only take so much from .12's on an acoustic. For some reason, my callouses peal easier than other people's. On a nylon, it's a non-issue. And blues just sounds cool on it, IMO. Bob pointed out Willie Nelson...and that's an influence on me. Willie plays bluesy/jazzy stuff on a nylon, and it just sounds so right for his music. I'll have to pick up the steel string again soon, though. Gotta keep as much finger strength as I can. Reminds me...gotta find "Milk Cow Blues." And thanks for the support, guys. I'm not too big a weirdo...at least on this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdegrande Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Not at all. Now playing metal on a nylon string, THAT would be weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FingerBone Bill Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Weird doesn't begin to cover it... "Perverted" is a better description. Sick, deranged, evil etc. But hey, if it floats your boat, go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LittleBrother Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Originally posted by riffdaddy You might be weird for different reasons, but not for this. RoFL, Feel the brotherly love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilHippy Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Well....I guess I don't count since I play fingerstyle on a Martin D-35 and I use Ernie Ball (electric strings) .11's on it.I tried the ernie balls out when some of my strings broke.All I had were Extra Slinky 8's....I had a half dozen sets so I took two eleven's (one from another pack or strings) and saved the .8 for my electrics.I love the Ernie Ball electrics on my acoustic.It gives it a clearer sound and not that muddier crap from the .13's I was using.I have no problem with someone playing blues on a nylon acoustic.Hey, it's your guitar.Do as you please with it.I've been making some easy,but complex sounding fingerstyle.I've been kinda combining chords and shifting it around a bit and crossing it with Neil Young stuff.I love fingerstyle now don't ask me why.I had no intentions of playing fingerstyle on it when I bought it.I just got done playing outside about 30 mins ago.You can't imagine the crowd I drawed.I just sat on a bench under this maple and started playing.I had no intentions of making money.Passing people walking to restaurants and taking evening walks began throwing money and change in my case and I ended up making $30.00 in about 2-3 hours.I gotta do it more often.Save up for new guitars.I'm thinking about a Taylor to try on for fingerstyle.If I decide I like my Martin better for fingerstyle that's what i'll go with.My dread's output is amazing, people across and down the street were coming and listening.I really have to do it more often.I usually sit out at midnight and stuff under the streetlights in summer sometimes.I gotta play with people around.Who knows.Tommy Shaw (of Styx) was found playing a 12 string on the streets of New Orleans living off tips.Then he got a contract.He's an amazing 12 string player.Dear John is my favorite song of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilHippy Posted October 16, 2003 Members Share Posted October 16, 2003 Oh and Styx's song "Dear John" is about their drummer who died,John Panazzo, I think he died in a car wreck, but i'm not sure.John's brother, Chuck,also bassist for styx, is on leave currently and has been on call recently.He does guest appearences and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Charles French Posted October 20, 2003 Members Share Posted October 20, 2003 Your weird for asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piez Posted October 20, 2003 Members Share Posted October 20, 2003 Weird? Absolutly Not! Check out "John Mayhall Turning Point" and you'll see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members funkful Posted October 21, 2003 Members Share Posted October 21, 2003 but when you bend,dont your finger role of the strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted October 25, 2003 Members Share Posted October 25, 2003 Yes. You're weird. Don't change a thing;) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilHippy Posted October 25, 2003 Members Share Posted October 25, 2003 the ernie balls are still on....none of them have broken.Most of the time when I break strings on my D-35 it's when I am counterpicking,hammering them, and doing arm swings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grumpy Ol' Geezer Posted October 25, 2003 Members Share Posted October 25, 2003 Originally posted by EvilTwin I dunno what it is, but I think blues stuff sounds very cool with a nylon string guitar. Am I a weirdo, or do any of you guys do the same? I like playing "Hoochie Coochie Man" as much as "Fur Elise" on mine. I like it, too. But some folks think I'm weird, which is strange, because they're the weirdos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thebadger Posted October 27, 2003 Members Share Posted October 27, 2003 Originally posted by Danocoustic Yes. You're weird.Don't change a thing;) ! excellent answer:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nylon rock Posted November 24, 2003 Members Share Posted November 24, 2003 Just about everything sounds great on a nylon string acoustic. The major advantage, compared to a steel string acoustic, is that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd strings have real power rather than a tinny sound. To get them to sound less like nylon, all you need do is pick closer to the bridge and they get a nice cutting edge. Then too, you can bend up a whole tone, without freaking out about growing new calouses to replace the ones you just shredded. Typically, I'll use the same strings for months on end since I like the dulled-down sound. Just pick a little harder to get the volume. I am forever amazed at how perfectly in tune a nylon string guitar remains in tune. And they're a lot easier to tune by harmonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TaylorFishin' Posted November 25, 2003 Members Share Posted November 25, 2003 I guess Jerry Reed is weird too. He always played (still does) a nylon string guitar. Not a bad blues player either. I'm pretty sure he could play any style he wants. He was/is a great player as well as writer. I miss Chet and Jerry together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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