"X ` Man" wrote in message
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Thanks. I enjoyed the video.

I can't think of a reason why anyone would ruin a good classical guitar by
trying to string it with steel strings.



Unfortunately, we've seen several that have been ripped apart by people
trying to put acoustic steel strings on a classical. Certainly not
intentional on the owner's part, they just didn't know.

Steel strings didn't become popular and in common use for guitars until the
1920's. Before that gut strings were used and all guitars, classical and
those with the evolving thinner and radiused necks where still braced for
the light tension of gut strings. Bracing design has become one of the
primary differences in modern guitars and is responsible for much of a
guitar's "voice". The total string tension on a modern dreadnought, tuned
to pitch is in the order of 200lbs or more.