this is a guitar question about stringing a guitar?

Question

i have a Epiphone PR-150vs its a steel string acoustic and i have been playing heavy classical finger-picking on it and i was wondering if i could put nylon strings on it for added tone control and easy action

Answer 1

There are several incompatibilities between nylon strings which are meant primarily for classical guitars, and steel strings which are meant for traditional acoustic guitars.

Firstly, the strings are not only made of different material, but are strung according to to the elasticity and diameter of the string. Nylon strings are much more elastic than steel strings, having a tendency to stretch more. They also have a thicker diameter. For this reason the nut of your guitar must be widen to accommodate the thicker strings, or else they will be prone to buzz and slip off. Secondly, because nylon strings are thicker and more elastic, the tuning posts of classical guitars are longer than that of an acoustic guitar. This may cause a problem with tuning, or the need to repeatedly tune the guitar.

The saddle on acoustic guitars are angled, while classical guitars have a flat saddle. Because of all the differences between steel strings and nylon strings, the saddles of steel string acoustic guitars and classical guitars need to be angled differently.

Lastly, if you are going to use nylon strings, be sure to use strings which have balls on the ends. Otherwise, you will be unable to string your guitar without the ball and pin mechanism of steel string acoustic guitars.

Physically, you can string nylon strings onto a steel string acoustic, however, I do not recommend it.

-Kerplunk288

Answer 2

if you ask me u shouldn't. but if u have to take it to a shop or a person who works with guitars a lot.