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Originally Posted by scottishrogue
There is a lot of misinformation out there, but any classical guitar maker will tell you that under NO circumstance should you use ball-end nylons on a classical guitar with a tie bridge. If it were a good idea, there would be at least ONE professional "classical" guitarist that would be using them, but there isn't even one...and neither Willie Nelson nor Zack Brown qualify!!! 
Ball-end nylon strings are NOT made for use on a classical guitar. They are for use on "Folk" guitars for a more mellow sound and "Parlor" guitars that either have a pin bridge or older guitars that have a tailpiece to anchor the strings. If used on a classical guitar, you will notice the break angle will be increased radically, to the point the bridge will either be ripped off, or create a dip in the soundboard. |
Well, because of the construction of the classical strings there is no reason to have ball ends BUT there are great strings designed for classical guitar (Thomastik classic s series ) which have ball ends.