# Nylon string guitar recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758 "2023-03-05T20:39:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/21 "2023-05-15T18:46:17Z")
> [@alovem](#): > > if you’re considering doing that because of the neck width of most nylon-string guitars, No, it’s more like I need new strings and I was wondering if playing nylon strings would feel easier on my fingers. This guitar is my favorite, a Gaviola–the neck width is just right and it feels comfortable except for the strings sometimes feeling tough on my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/22 "2023-05-15T20:22:36Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > You can’t use a pick with nylon strings Willie would like to have a word with you. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/23 "2023-05-15T23:07:52Z")
I wouldn’t do it personally. You would ideally need to get the guitar setup again and the sound is very different. Have you tried lighter gauge steel strings? ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/24 "2023-05-16T20:54:25Z")
For the record, that wasn’t my list. It was from the link I provided. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/25 "2023-05-16T22:12:05Z")
I just looked at the original article and I take it they have never tried what they suggest. > [@](#): > > Since nylon strings are much softer than steel strings, they also wear out more quickly. For this reason, a pick (plectrum) should not be used to pluck nylon strings as they will wear out very fast. I was a very poor young person and for a period, all I had was a cheap Yamaha classical guitar. I can guarantee I wasn’t fingerpicking classical music. I was beating the shit out of it with punk and rock with a pick. I was amazed at how much abuse those nylong stings could take (at the time I could break a steel high E by glancing at it) ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/26 "2023-05-16T23:15:48Z")
Maybe by “wear out”, they mean their ability to sound good and stay in tune. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/27 "2023-05-17T00:07:22Z")
For my heavy hand, they definitely stayed in tune. Sound good? How good does Metallica or the Ramones sound on nylon strings? Beauty is in they ears of the beholder 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758/28 "2023-05-17T08:46:31Z")
Yeah, power chords actually sound okay with a pick. A lot better than they do on an unamplified electric! So, it’s sometimes okay on the bass strings; it’s the trebles that usually sound _plasticky_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nylon-string-guitar-recommendations/980758.md?page=1)