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Location: Germany | Hi everybody,
during holiday in US a friend of mine bought me a secound hand ovation classic 1763 made in Hartford with steel string on it. As I could see from the web, the guitar was original build for
nylon strings. My Question, although the sound is clear, can the guitar be damaged because of the higher force of the steel strings?
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Location: NJ | YES |
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Location: Scotland | Ovation classics are built a lot more sturdily than traditional guitars designed for nylon strings, plus they have a truss rod which is unusual for classical guitars. You should be OK if you use extra-lite strings. A friend of mine has used an Ovation classic with silk & steel strings for over 25 years without a problem. |
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Location: SoCal | Or the friend could buy one of the new 100 Folklores (assuming that one could be found). |
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Location: NJ | Paul T
silk and steel strings are way lower tension and probably would work but I would NEVER recoommend steel strings on any classical even an O |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You could put on an electric 10 set. I think the 1717 Adamas set is the same guage. Nylon strings pull 100-130# pressure as I recall and the electric set is about the same. Lite guage phosphor pull around 160# and mediums are 180-190#. We did up a country artist for Glken w/ the 10's and it worked fine, You'll probably have to adjust the action since nylons are higher than steel. Good luck. |
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Steel string on a classic 1763
