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I'd say their about the same in experience but steel wears down the frets so if you want to keep the guitar forever and don't have a lot of money stick to nickel.
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Why does the electric guitar have steel strings?
the insides of the strings are steel because they are a strong metal and it is magnetic so the magnets in the guitar pickups will you guessed it ...pick it up. the core metal tends to stick to steel but what the strings are wound with around can be nickel , bronze (acoustic strings) or just more steel depending on the sound. Steel is the highest sound , bronze is the lowest. the pro to using nickel is your guitars frets (metal that you press down to achieve notes) will last longer than with steel. Nickel strings tend to be cheaper and best of all 90% of strings are nickel.
What were guitar strings made of?
nylon or steel for the inside part than they wrap ,steel nickel or bronze around it.
What is a steel guitar?
It is a half-acoustic guitar that uses steel strings.
What guitar strings do you buy for your acoustic steel string guitar?
Dean Markley Blue Steel I'd go with, if not any brand in general that's steel although Nickel gives you about the same sound but isn't as bad on the frets.
What is a steel guitar instrument?
It is a half-acoustic guitar that uses steel strings.
What is a folk guitar?
An acoustic guitar with steel strings (as opposed to a classical guitar which has nylon or gut strings).
What are the strings on a bass guitar made of?
On an electric bass, they could be chrome plated steel, nickel plated steel, stainless steel, or a nickel/steel alloy. On an acoustic bass, they can also be steel plated with bronze or phosphor/bronze. The package the strings came in should say what metals they are made from since each metal composition has a different sound characteristic.
What are guitar strings made of?
They can be made of different materials such as nylon or even steel. It depends on what kind of sound you want, what kind of guitar you have, etc. steel with nickel windings around them , other kinds are steel with bronze windings or just steel with steel windings. acoustic strings are the bronze ones steel and nickel plated ones are for electric guitars classical guitar strings are made of Nylon after the 1930s or 1940s, before that it was animal guts called catgut. steel for the wire inside and either bronze (acoustic) steel or nickel windings. Nylon is classical guitars and everything after 1942 Animal guts and hair made strings before 1942
What is the 6 strings on a guitar made of?
steel wire wrapped in steel , nickel or copper depending on what you go with for the most part just steel wire with nickel wrapping it is the most common think Ernie Ball , certain Dean Markley or GHS
What minerals are in an electric guitar?
well the whole guitar is wood and metal usually unless you're talking graphite guitars which are really expensive, this is what comes to mind if metals count as im far from a science teacher so tomatoe tomatto so to speak. on a regular guitar graphite , bone or plastic for the nut of the guitar the strings sit on nickel or steel for the frets ceramic, alnico or other forms of magnets for the pickups copper or lately Silver to wind the pickups steel , brass, iron..ect depending on the bridge and hardware of the guitar nylon, nickel, steel, bronze, silver plating.. ect for string types, for example without getting into coated strings witn Enamel and so forth Dean Markley Blue Steel strings Dean Markley Philosopher Bronze strings GHS Boomers nickel plated strings D'Addario silk and steel strings and any classical guitar string brand made after 1946 was nylon not animal guts
Why are guitar strings made of copper and nickel?
Actually, only the lower three strings of guitars contain copper or nickel. These strings are wound, meaning that a core string (usually steel) is taken, and wire (usually nickel or copper) of varying gauge, depending on the thickness of string wanted, is wound around it. The higher three are just steel wire. As for why nickel and copper are used, it's because they are cheap and sound good.
What kind of steel does steel guitar strings have?
purple steel from the rocky mountains
