Is it bad to put nylon strings on a western acoustic guitar?

I have got a western acoustic guitar and I have steel strings. I changed the old strings with new ones, again made of steel, because I like the sound produced by this type of strings. However, the steel strings create a small finger discomfort in the beginnning, which doesn't happen in the case of nylon strings, as far as I have heard.

Well, I play guitar. In my own opinion, nylon is easier to learn with, but really, as long as you don't put nylon on an electric guitar, you'll be fine. An acoustic guitar does fine either way.

Also, if you want to go for a more natural sound, nylon should be a no-no.

Western guitar have more reinforcements because their stringpull is higher than the stringpull which classical guitars have. So I think it's possible to add classical guitar-strings on a western guitar but it's not the way it should be... But only from the technical view it's possible it's just a quite different string suspension which the western guitar got compared to the classical so it's more the problem how you put these nylon strings on the western guitar... What is very significant that you never add western strings (steel strings) on a classical guitar this don't work because classical guitar don't have many reinforments compared to western and a much lower stringpull so it could brake the neck of your classical guitar as one of my friends happened.

(I assume your western acoustic guitar is a steel-string guitar) I don't know if it is bad enough to break your guitar, but my guitar teacher and google say that it a bad idea. The bits that the strings sit on (nut and saddle) are apparently designed for one type of string or the other, so nylon strings won't fit very well on a guitar designed for steel strings.

I occasionally put electric strings on my acoustic guitar. I just find the lighter gauge easier on the fingers. It's easier to play fast and bend notes.

The sound is slightly less full than with the usual medium gauge acoustic strings but it's a worthwhile tradeoff for ease of play. My question is, will the lighter tension on the neck do long term harm to my instrument? Also, will my ability to play regular acoustic strings suffer?

Anyone else out there doing this?

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