Topic: Nylon String for the Blues???

[Norfolk Slim]

Just wanted to add that Chris Thomas King's CD, Red Mud, has a few nylon strung blues tunes on it.  He gets fantastic rhythm and ripping single note lines out of it.

[LB]

I love the feel of nylon strings, loved all the comments-tips and the Daddy-Stove videos, awesome stuff. I just like how someone like me with long abused hands can practice for hours without aggravating old injuries and they're just FUN to play...

[Mister Steve]

I love the feel of nylon strings, loved all the comments-tips and the Daddy-Stove videos, awesome stuff. I just like how someone like me with long abused hands can practice for hours without aggravating old injuries and they're just FUN to play...

For me the "abuse" part included "playing through" even with a numb left hand (Strats, dreads and a 00) and even waking up later with some pain.  This NEVER happened for me on nylon.  But the ridiculous part is this: that looking back, I have always been able to kick on a nylon and my most distinctive stuff has been on nylon.