Using steel strings on a guitar built for use with nylon strings can seriously damage it. The neck construction and top bracing of classical and flamenco guitars are not designed to handle the far greater tension produced by steel strings. Using the wrong strings can also damage the bridge and saddles.
The noun SOVEREIGN has 1 sense: 1. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right Familiarity information: SOVEREIGN used as a noun is very rare. â¢ SOVEREIGN (adjective) The adjective SOVEREIGN has 2 senses: 1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. 2. greatest in status or authority or power. Familiarity information: SOVEREIGN used as an adjective is rare.
a body of people, living in a defined territory, organized politically (with a government), and with the power to make and enforce laws without the consent of a higher authority. sovereign having absolute power within its own territory and can decide its own foreign and domestic policies; neither subordinate nor responsible to any other authority.