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Hi. just wondered if electric guitar strings are ok to put on an acoustic (obviously not replacing nylon strings here)? Its just that I have at least ten sets of electric and thought I might use them on my dreadnought. -------------------- 'Writing about music is like dancing about architecture'

It will work, but it won't sound as good.

Sell them and spend the money on proper strings. I'd worry about the damage they could do to the bridge end, a thin gauge unwound string could be pulled into the bridge under high tension. Hewesy

Only the unwound G would be an issue for the saddle; the B and E are unwound in both electric and acoustic sets. And the G will be fat enough that it shouldn't be a big deal, unless you've got a very cheap plastic saddle. And realistically, if you've strung it with electric 9s or 10s then the tension is going to be hardly anything anyway compared with the 12s/13s that acoustics are ...

Thanks all. I will look for a deal somewhere on perhaps some martin strings. Toby -------------------- 'Writing about music is like dancing about architecture'

Have a look at Darco strings from hotroxuk.com - They're about £2.50 a set and are made by Martin. I always used D'addarios on my Martin but I'd bought a few sets of these just to string up the cheapy I leave in the front room and to be honest, for £2.50 a set I think they're brilliant. Maybe my ears are knackered, but I couldn't tell much difference between those and a set costing 3x as...