Members yeagermeister Posted August 29, 2004 Members Share Posted August 29, 2004 Does this exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members woody b Posted August 29, 2004 Members Share Posted August 29, 2004 I looked for one years ago when I played mainly electric and I couldn't find one. If someone make one now I don't know of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taiko Posted August 29, 2004 Members Share Posted August 29, 2004 Ibanez AEG10N. Acoustic Electric, It is the same as the steel string except in color. And the nylon strings . It goes for about $300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members likkafella Posted August 29, 2004 Members Share Posted August 29, 2004 Godin multiac, but this one has no soundchambers. Try the lakewood nylon strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OrvilleGibson Posted August 29, 2004 Members Share Posted August 29, 2004 I know that there are some luthiers out there that build them, and I'm sure that there are some small companies out there that build them - I just can't remember off the top of my head. IIRC, Breedlove might be one. FWIW, one of the nicest guitars I've made was a nylon string with a narrower nut and a 12" radius fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted August 30, 2004 Members Share Posted August 30, 2004 Ovation makes them..or at least they used to. I would think that the top would really have to be braced lighter to get a decent sound. Putting nylon strings on a guitar built for steel strings will work technically, but might not sound very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IanHey Posted August 31, 2004 Members Share Posted August 31, 2004 Originally posted by guitarcapo Ovation makes them..or at least they used to. I would think that the top would really have to be braced lighter to get a decent sound. Putting nylon strings on a guitar built for steel strings will work technically, but might not sound very good. I have one .... it's from the early seventies. It is basically a standard deep bowl design. The neck looks like a steel string neck .... certainly as far as string spacing. The headstock is slotted like a classical. It is very easy to play ... but it sounds pretty lousy .... I suspect Ovation didn't consider the bracing ... they probably just took a steel string design, changed the head stock a little, (plastic rollers intead of steel), and put nylon strings on it. I use to use it on stage years ago ... because it has a pick up that at the time didn't sound too bad, (poor by todays standard though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OrvilleGibson Posted September 1, 2004 Members Share Posted September 1, 2004 Originally posted by guitarcapo Ovation makes them..or at least they used to. I would think that the top would really have to be braced lighter to get a decent sound. Putting nylon strings on a guitar built for steel strings will work technically, but might not sound very good. My first non-toy guitar was an Ovation Concert Classic, and it sounded OK for what it was. It was unusual in that it had a truss rod, which was totally unnecessary. The bracing was pretty heavy, rough, and ham-fisted. I have heard some x-braced nylon string guitars that sound OK, but they typically have much lighter x-bracing that what you find on a Steel string. IMHO, you can't go wrong with the basic Fan bracing, and I had good results with an assymetric fan layout on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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