mpeg2 Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I'm planning out a new, somewhat unusual build and am not sure all this will work together. My training (back in the dark ages) was classical guitar. After a long period of not playing, I started up again, but with steel string electrics. I still find myself pulling out the classical pieces & playing them on my electric guitars. I find that I like the necks much better on the electrics - as well as the ability to adjust action & intonation - but want to also have something with nylon strings. What I'm thinking of building is a solid body strat shape (already have the body), using a bolt on neck. I'd use a strat style hard-tail bridge, string thru & conventional tuners. I've had good luck in the past with the Graphtech Ghost piezo saddles, so I'm thinking of using these (understanding that magnetic pickups are useless). This way, I'd get the playability of an electric, but with nylon strings. Apparently, ball-end nylon strings are available. Can anyone see problems here: - Nylon strings not being compatible with the bridge or tuners? - Mismatch between the piezo pickups & nylon?? Thanks, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Theres already a thread about this going not a week ago. Do a search, also Yngwie has one and there are a few out there! You will need a piezo for bridge/pup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 I'm building one at the moment, although I'll be using a normal classical bridge... http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...opic=13014&st=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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