Strings question

you need to get different strings.

There are strings made for electrics. Acoustics might sound weird on an electric and vice versa.

From experience, I can tell you that you can put electric strings on an acoustic, however, it doesn't sound that great. I haven't tried it the other way around, but i get this feeling that it would not end well, haha.

Get black beauties!

I do like the sound of nickel electric strings on acoustics. They're very bright sounding compared to bronze or brass ones.

Bronze and brass are nonmagnetic materials, so if you put those strings on an electric only the steel core wire excites the magnetic pickups, meaning your wound strings will put out less volume than they should.

Depends on a few things, some can and some can't. Nowdays most sets of strings say on the package what type of guitar they are for. That doesn't always mean you can't experiment. You never know you could find a completely orginal sound by bending the strings some.

Joe

I second that Ricochet - I run 010 Nickels on my Fender accoustic currently. I like the sound and playability - but: the volume is gone. With no mic I really have to play hard outside or in noisy surroundings.

As for OP's original question which was really about putting bronze strings on an electric - I don't think it's worth trying out. '

lars

Thanks for replies. Thats good stuff to know.