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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 07/07/2012 : 3:37:03 PM
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I have a Rosewood Taylor nylon string and an all koa Taylor steel string. I like them both just fine and as Chunkey Monkey and Sir Duke can both attest I can make them both sound pretty good. One of the good things about the Taylor nylon string is that the fretboard feels very similar to the steel string -- there is not a huge adjustement when putting one down and picking the other one up (in a different tuning) at an Open Mic.
My ears are bad but I'm very picky. |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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Curtis
Aloha
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Posted - 12/20/2012 : 4:10:11 PM
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I have two Taylor steel strings that I love. I have tried their classical guitars and are not wowed by them. This is in part because they are hybrid, and I'd rather play a more traditional classical than a hybrid. Love the wide necks and light bodies.
Though I don't have not checked this out, it could be that Taylor is not doing much structurally to the thickness of the wood used in their steel line before making that wood into a nylon string guitar. Nylon string guitars deal with less tension than steel strings; hence nylons have thinner tops, no truss rods, etc.
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 12/20/2012 : 5:55:24 PM
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Curtis,
Taylor does use thinner wood and a different bracing pattern on their nylon strings, at least according to their newsletters. I have seven Taylor guitars total, mostly steel string. I have pondered selling my nylon string NS34ce since I don't play it very often.
It is a different critter than a regular classical guitar, but that is exactly why I bought it. Familiar neck, 14 frets to the body, cutaway, and a pickup built-in. Admittedly I have heard many classical guitars with a better voice. Nylon strings do not like to be re-tuned a lot, and seem to take quite a while to settle into the new tuning and string tension.
I have been using the nylon recently for hand rehab to recover from surgery. I was away from playing guitar for about a month and lost my calluses and much of my left hand strength. But I am back to steel strings again.
- Earl
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RWD
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 12/21/2012 : 04:04:12 AM
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Concerning nylon tuning and stability:
I recently tried D'Addario Dynacore nylon strings and there is a dramatic difference in how quickly they stabilize and also how well they take retuning.
After changing the strings they are good to go within hours. After just a day they still drift, but very little. I can also now consider taking one nylon guitar on stage and changing the tuning--small changes like going from Taropatch to Leonards C for instance. I would even try drop D to Taropatch now.
Hey, nylon players...try These strings, you will be impressed. |
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Taylor Classical (nylon)
