Question:
Can you use electric strings on a steel string acoustic guitar?
If not, why not?
Murray
Answer:
You can but the sound would not be right. Acoustic strings
are bronze wound which have a very different tone than electric guitar
strings which are nickel wound.
You will rarely run across the case where some acoustic guitarist
prefers electric guitar strings. If the acoustic guitar has a
magnetic pick up across the sound hole, you'll need nickel or copper
plated strings to make the pick up work properly. I actually
knew a guy who preferred flat wound electric guitar strings on his
acoustic guitar because he couldn't stand to hear the squeaky sound of
his fingers sliding on acoustic strings. Go figure!
Bob, Gman ( o )==#