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Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 2 2011, 04:31 PM

Hello people, so i would like to se your opinions on acoustic guitars, i don't have a ton of experience with acoustic guitars so that's why im asking, i need to get one and i just met a guy that imports old Japanese guitars, from the 70-80s, and he has some very cool acoustics for about $200!

Im talking about yamaha, fender, tokai, greco etc.

Now im thinking, metal or nylon strings? share ur thoughts!

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 2 2011, 04:43 PM

That's a very good price man! I prefer metal strings for blues, rock, pop and metal.

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 2 2011, 04:54 PM

yeah gabriel, i think i think so too, i love how nylon sounds too but i guess metal is more versatile for me.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 2 2011, 05:16 PM

QUOTE (Adrian Figallo @ Aug 2 2011, 12:54 PM)

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Aug 2 2011, 05:29 PM

Really tough decision ! That is why I have both

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 2 2011, 09:23 PM

Well, personally I would go for steel. It's possible to do some bends with it, and it's good for many styles. nylon is awesome, has great sound, but dunno, steel is better

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 2 2011, 09:31 PM

thanks guys, so it eds up like the "vitage" guitars were a pile of Japanese trash , so i went to try some new ones, because i needed a guitar to travel and compose and i found a $200 steel guitar from china, i was very suspicious about it at first, but it does sound good and it's comfortable to play, better than many $400 ibanez, in the headstock it says "melody" but i don't care about that

Posted by: thefireball Aug 2 2011, 09:56 PM

My little brother has nylon strings on his acoustic. When I've played around with it, I can say I still love steel strings. They are much brighter. By the way, do nylon strings go out faster than steel strings? My brother has a baby Taylor and he's always having to tune that thing.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 3 2011, 11:10 AM

That's great mate, glad you found it. I'm getting an acoustic very soon too!

Posted by: Frederik Aug 3 2011, 12:11 PM

Start with steel, and get both!.

steel is more versitaille

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 4 2011, 01:21 AM

hey thanks guys, in the end i had to give back the guitar, it had a very nasty imperfection in the fretboard that i didn't notice in the store

BUT i put some more money in and got myself an ibanez, lovely guitar, souds incredible for a $200-$300 acoustic, will post some pics soon

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Aug 4 2011, 10:10 AM

Hey mate! Metal all the way I love that full bodied american acoustic sound!

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Aug 4 2011, 10:58 AM

for me that's a tough question right now. I mean, Nylon strings are just lovely and in some way more versatile for soloing and stuff like that. But then again, metal strings sound is huge!

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Aug 4 2011, 10:34 PM

QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Aug 4 2011, 11:58 AM)