Originally Posted by: Leedogg... What would happen if I put nylon strings on an acoustic guitar? ...[font=trebuchet ms]I think you'd have a hard time putting nylon strings on a guitar that was meant for steel strings. Nylon strings don't have the knob at the end for the bridge or tail piec, and the tuners wouldn't hold the other end very well either. And then there's the scale length. Nylon strings would not work well at the extra tension required, if they could even reach proper pitch with out breaking.[/font]