It's common to wire acoustic guitars with steel strings too. The problem with acoustic guitars is the fretboard. With acoustic you need to press down harder and

It's common to wire acoustic guitars with steel strings too. The problem with acoustic guitars is the fretboard. With acoustic you need to press down harder and further to get a clean sound than you would with an electric guitar. Anecdotally I found acoustic guitars to hurt my fingers more than electric - both wired with steel strings. Yet to play with nylon.