Electric guitar strings on an Acoustic.

[achmedda3rd]

man i hate acoustic strings- they're so tough- this doesnt even sound that bad!

[masterclassbass]

i just put a dean markley electric string set on my aria acoustic guitar aw15 ..and it sounded great !:)

[thomascatlett555]

try a set of elixir poly web electrics

[CrankCase08]

I read somewhere that John Lennon used electric strings on his Gibson acoustic. Personally, I dislike the heavy feel and sound of bronze acoustic strings and am going to give electric strings a try, most likely something like 11-46

[KazKylheku]

I've only used electric guitars on my acoustic for 20+ years. Those thick bronze acoustic strings are moronic. They tarnish badly and their tone quickly goes dull. The gauges they are available in suck. I want three unwound strings for finger-style classical! Ernie Ball has the plain 11's that are perfect. The 10-46 still give a decent volume, and I've experimented with 9's even: shred!

[Tyguy80s]

You know that the G, B, and E string are acoustic or electric? They say right on the string packets, As for the thicker strings, they don't sound bad.

[thepaulodonnell]

are those tunes you played original?

[GMSamuelRhine]

thanks for posting this man, i though about putting slinkys on my acoustic also cuz it might sound cool. now i know it does!

[capsaicinrain]

@frorule Thanks for the comment man. Rock on as well.

[TheRuobi]

are the strings soft like on an electric guitar? i want to put some on my acoustic too...

[TheRuobi]

@TheRuobi oh and....how can i do the bends on electric strings on an acoustic? is it ok?

[G0ldenM0nkey]

hey man plz what is the thickness of the strings you've used in this video ? because i really wanna do it .. plz answer :)

[capsaicinrain]

@G0ldenM0nkey

10-43

[G0ldenM0nkey]

@capsaicinrain

thanks alot dude :)

[masicklazik]

this is not worth doing,

[Xinglynx]

It's Levi :D That's just what I thought



[MrCaliforniaScum]

Jimi Hendrix ;D

[bigbtb]

It actually sounds kind of great. Not necessarily something I'd personally make a habit of doing but not bad sound at all.

[skaterboy0077]

Do they bend easily or are they tight ??

[pingui0987]

hey i been thinking on putting electric on my epiphone electroacustic

you know because the thick electroacsutic guitar string really fuck your figners up so those electric guitar string feel softer or wich your recomend i check this one on GC

Ernie Ball 2151 Hybrid Slinky Acoustic Strings

Ernie Ball 2006 Earthwood 80/20 Bronze Extra Light Acoustic Guitar Strings

[PinkFZeppelin]

@pingui0987 I use superslinky on my acoustic and it sounds better then it ever has. Personal opinion can't wait to get flamed.

[themachinist1000]

@pingui0987 Acoustic guitar strings will make your fingers hurt at first if you're not used to them but I would advise you to persevere! They're thicker/more rigid for a reason - to 'drive' the wooden top and chamber. They have to have the power to turn the wood into an amplifier, whereas with an electric the strings merely create an electric signal to be amplified elsewhere. Putting flimsy strings on an acoustic kind of defeats the purpose of using an acoustic really..

[pingui0987]

@themachinist1000 the coment was ut like year ago now im use to them

[thepaulodonnell]

@themachinist1000 If they sound good it doesn't matter. The thing is though electric strings are much lighter and flexible than acoustic strings, so the truss rod, which is meant to put opposing resistance so the neck doesn't warp, has more pressure than the strings. So it damages the guitar.

just gotta adjust the truss rod and sall good.

[KazKylheku]

@thepaulodonnell You should only adjust the trussrod if the relief is wrong. If the neck is too flat (not enough relief), loosen it. Too much relief, tighten it. If you fret a string down at the first fret and the highest fret simultaneously, it should clear the 12th fret by about 1/32". That's approximately the correct relief. If the trussrod was tightened to counteract heavy gauge strings, it may need to be loosened. Or it may not; it depends on how the neck shapes itself with the 10-46's.

[KazKylheku]

@themachinist1000 Who cares. As an acoustic guitarist, you will never be loud enough by yourself to play in a situation with other musicians, if some of them play blaring instruments such as drums or horns. So use whatever strings enable you to be virtuous enough for your style of music, and put a mic in front (or on) your guitar when you need to be loud.

[themachinist1000]

@KazKylheku I've been in plenty of situations where I can play with other instruments fine. Fiddle, double-bass, banjo, harp, etc. and practically any sort of drums that aren't the type of set designed for concert halls. Understandably you have to use a mic in large venues, as with any acoustic instrument - but nothing beats the natural sound of an acoustic in a more intimate setting. Thin gauge strings on an acoustic will make it sound rubbish. The mic is amplifying the top, not the strings!

[TattooBull]

@ 1:13 ... what is the name of that song your playing ???????

[tarmack520]

song list?.

[rishy561]

0:27 - 0:40something, what song is that?

[capsaicinrain]

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam

[wysle]

@rishy561 its pearl jam :D

[krollaostmedburger]

what happens if you put acoustic on electric?

[capsaicinrain]

it makes it harder to play because the acoustic strings are much thicker, therefore harder to press. I wouldn't do it, but that's just me.

[krollaostmedburger]

well i did because The guy in the giutar shop gave them to me for some reason. i forgot to say that I needed electric guitarstring. And yeah its damn har to play and i hope it dont hurt the guitar

[capsaicinrain]

nah it won't hurt the guitar, I would just restring it as soon as you get some new ones, so you can rock out!

Also, I suggest Ernie Ball Slinky's, or my favorite, Fender Nickel Bullets

peace man

[zmanoflife]

@capsaicinrain i don't think the humbuckers would pick up the sound either

[GetYourAlbatros]

@krollaostmedburger I think the tension may also be bad for the strings.

[KazKylheku]

@GetYourAlbatros This is false. The tension is about the same as on an electric guitar. String tension depends only on two things: the pitch you are tuning to (concert versus down-tuned, etc) and the scale length of the neck. If you tune the same string to the same pitch on two different guitars which have the same scale length (distance from bridge to nut), the tension will be exactly the same.

[GetYourAlbatros]

@krollaostmedburger Stupid Mongowians.

[krollaostmedburger]

@GetYourAlbatros who?

[masicklazik]

@krollaostmedburger Copper And bronze isn't magnetic.. so.. 

[hackedupproductions]

thanks so much for this. i play electric songs but i only have an acoustic so i was wondering if it sounded a bit more electric if you did this and it answered my question. thanks.

[capsaicinrain]

No problem man, thanks for the input.

[sparrow3717]

Great musician.

[capsaicinrain]

Thank you, sparrow3717