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> "tysteel" <tysteel3000@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for the responses to this thread. Now I understand why
>> classical and streel strung acoustics have different sized necks. I
>> kind of wondered why makers or manufacturers generally build the
>> steel string acoustics with slimmer necks than their classical
>> counterparts. The music generally played on steel acoustic is more
>> chordally based.
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> If you want some really knowledgeable advice on this, post to
> rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic. Allan Carruth, a luthier, has done a
> lot of work on non-traditional nylon string designs. I can't remember
> the details, but I think he once wrote that nylon strings don't work
> well when you get to the narrower spacing used for steel strings.
>
> I think it has more to do with string excursion than anything else.
A nylon string is much fatter than the corresponding steel string. So it
SNark.
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