[joespleen]

I was wondering if I could change the steels on my acoustic to nylons. What do you think?

[Sano]

Difficult to say without seeing what kind of guitar you have. Generally steel strings come with a ball of sorts and the peg anchors it in place. Whereas with nylon you loop the string on.

Have a look at 'The Guitar' pull down menu at the top of page to get a diagram. But also check out the bridge of your guitar.

[coldethyl]

You may be better off getting yourself a cheap nylon acoustic instead of trying to put nylons on a steel string acoustic.

Just my opinion!

[fly135]

Classical guitars are designed to use nylon strings. Steel string guitars aren't. My understanding is that nylon strings have less energy than steel. If you put nylon strings on your guitar it may lose a lot of it's projection and the tonal quality will change. You can't really hurt it and if you want to do it as an experiment we'd all like to hear about it.

[Rockerbob]

Not the best idea for reasons mentioned above. You might try Silk & Steel strings. They are made for steel string guitars, but have a lighter feel and a more mellow tone.

[starsailor]

Interesting as an experiment but as said above you'll probably lose a lot of the sound quality, you can get ball end nylon strings, I have some on a small acoustic I have with a Trapeze Tailpiece but I'm just curious as to why you want to do it.

[justinthyme]

joespleen - there's some basic info here according to the guitar type and what style of music you intend to play:

How to Select Guitar Strings | eHow.com