Mr. Preston Swift Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 i was wondering what would happen if i were to put electric strings on an acoustic. what would sound like? how would it affect the bend"y"ness? would it in anyway mess up the guitar? i just don't want to try it in case it would mess up anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Atleast from my experience once where I had no choice but to, they felt odd, sounded overly twangy and bright, they buzzed more, felt floppy, and were generally not fun to play with, or good sounding. Sure you COULD do it... but why? Chris PS: And no, it won't mess anything up besides your sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 ok wat about acoustic strings on an electric cuz ive got a hollow body and just wanna know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Acoustics generally use heavier gauge sets than electrics. That would probably explain a lot about what Chris noted. Although I am not sure what gauge set he was using. Take a look for yourself. Most string manufacturers give you all the data(gauge, tension, alloys).-strings Peace,Rich I doubt you are going to hurt an acoustic with lighter electric strings, but you are most likely going to muck with your intonation because it is generally fixed on an acoustic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Electric with acoustic strings may not sound like you're used to; they're not as magnetic (the wound strings), so the pickups will deal with the signal differently. Or may do, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 i was wondering what would happen if i were to put electric strings on an acoustic. It will explode! As mentioned, acoustics strings are more thick than electric guitar strings (typically). They will be more floppy and may not sound as well. Give it a try and hear for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Try some classical strings on an electric - its the way forward i'm telling ya!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Couldn't agree more. The magnets pick up those nylon strings pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davee5 Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) The sound the nickel wounds will make is different from the phosphor bronzes your acoustic is used to. Howver most of the "floppy" style arguments are probably more about the fact that so many of you WUSSES out there run 09-10 guage strings on your electrics. I push round-wound 13s on my gibson es-135 and round-wound 12s on my homegrown semi-hollow, which are heavier and equl in gauge to light acoustic strings respectively. Waaaaay better tone out of a heavier string and once you learn to bend 'em and get your finger strength/callouses up you're that much cooler. What did SRV run, like 15s? Anyhow if your strings are the same gauge they will feel about eh smae under your fingers, but the metallurgy will give you a slightly different sound. Your guitar will, though explode if you try to play stairway on the acoustic. -Dave Edited March 12, 2007 by davee5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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