Joe Nevin

Can you put nylon strings on a Yamaha acoustic guitar?

In fact, yes, you can… but you can’t use “traditional” Classical/nylon guitar strings if your steel-string acoustic is like most–where your ball-end acoustic strings are held in place with bridge pins… Classical guitar strings don’t have these ball ends, and have to be tied onto the bridge. This is important to note.

What are heavy gauge guitar strings?

The next gauge of popular strings is . 011–. 048. This is considered a “heavy gauge” set of strings because the higher gauges create more tension but allow you to play harder.

How do you swing a scale?

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Should a guitar stay in a case?

Generally speaking, the safest way to store a guitar is in its case—ideally, a good-quality hardshell, as opposed to a gig bag or ill-fitting chipboard case. As obvious as this might seem, if you have multiple guitars, don’t stack them one on top of another in their cases.

What is a drop 6 guitar?

The Yamaha Drop 6 12 string is a fun guitar as it is 12 string electric, not semi-hollow body or acoustic like a lot of 12 strings. It has a smooth neck, the tuners do a decent job staying in tune, and it’s great for playing ’60s style music.