The new Tim Henson Ibanez signature guitar is a nylon-string

[JOLLY]

This sounds a little better.

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[Chris Pile]

This sounds a little better.

Emphasis on "little"...I'll keep my Yamaha Silent Guitar, thank you.

 

[Mincer]

Emphasis on "little"...I'll keep my Yamaha Silent Guitar, thank you.

Those Silent Guitars sound great! Both the steel and nylon string.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Part of the plinkier tone is also probably because these guitars have low action for a nylon string. The average setup for a classical is something like 4mm low E and 3mm high E at the 12th fret; flamencos are a tad lower for a more percussive attack. Since nylon strings are low tension, they have a wider oscillation range when plucked, and action is higher so they're not slapping the frets.

If you were to raise the action, you'd get a tad more sound out of them, but then that's not the point of these .

Funny how things come around. In 1998, Ibanez did a similar thing as an S and they sold poorly. Interestingly, this one has a bolt on neck and aanj! Made in Japan. Think these were less acoustic than Tim's new one.

 

[Mincer]

All in an attempt to get a nylon string to play like an electric (with a pick), I guess. I am all for it, actually, although I don't like the overall tone of this particular guitar. It does sound compressed to hell, however.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Would be interesting to compared it to this: https://www.cordobaguitars.com/stage/. Similar price.

 

[nexion218]

It does sound compressed to hell, however.

Well, Tim without a compressor is like Dallas without Bobby Ewing...

 

[Securb]

Would be interesting to compared it to this: https://www.cordobaguitars.com/stage/. Similar price.

I like the tone of the Cordoba better but it could be the guitar and it could be the beautiful reverb in the recording.

 

[DCikes88]

I like the tone of the Cordoba better but it could be the guitar and it could be the beautiful reverb in the recording.

I'd be willing to wager it's both. But yeah, Cordoba for me too, any day of the week. Tone and aesthetics.

 

[Blille]

But does the Cordoba ploink? Because we know the Ibanez certainly does.

 

[GuitarStv]

That Cordoba sounds less piezo-y, although still not quite like a mic'd guitar.

 

[Mincer]

Must be something in the air- Godin came out with an electric nylon today, too.

 

[Securb]

It sounds nice, but it has an electric neck nut width and radius. I do not know if I would be comfortable playing with nylon strings on an electric neck. And it has a $1400 price tag. If all were priced the same, I think I would still lean toward the Cordoba.

 

[Mincer]

I'd be interested in a steel string alternative to the Acoustisonic Strats out there. I currently use a Godin Multiac Steel and a Variax Acoustic (which has a convincing electric nylon sound).

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Mm, Godin has been in the electric nylon game for quite a time with the Multiac.

In the end, it's down to the pickups used, I suppose, and timbre preferences. If it comes to pups for a nylon string, a transducer like a K&K sounds better to me (more natural) than conventional piezo.

 

[Blille]

I always liked their A6

https://godinguitars.com/product/a6-ultra-natural-sg