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Originally Posted by RockyRacc00n
I happen to like JustinGuitar lessons. And his Blues lessons happen to be using electric so that is why the thought of an electric guitar entered my mind. Actually, if someone can point me to a good lesson series on acoustic blues lead guitar, I would be interested in that also.
As for my budget, I'm in the process of trying to sell of couple of my acoustics which I think will fetch for me about $800. So I guess I can play around within that budget.
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More than enough! Strat copy and (small) tube amp.
I'm not sure about "acoustic blues lead" lessons - the principles and techniques would be the same as for electric. Acoustic blues was typically a solo performer's thing, so tended to be fingerstyle: chords with minimal lead fills (Stefan Grossman is the best source for blues and rag fingerstyle). In a band, lead acoustic would not be loud enough unless they got really close to a mic, so it was a rare thing.
If you want to bend strings on acoustic, you can of course fit lighter strings (I use 11s).
I've played acoustic blues all my life (well, 52 years of it so far). I learned from records. I don't know which artists you know, but the influences you need (to begin with) are Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy. Lang and Johnson recorded as a duo, and Lang played with Bessie Smith (calling himself Blind Willie Dunn to pretend to be black!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzGn4jq08G4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPA7oNRr5o
Here's some rare lead acoustic from Big Bill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suKZ-BtswRo
If you have enough spare $$, and you like that vintage sound, you could consider a steel-body resonator guitar. Then tune to open G, buy yourself a slide, and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdgrQoZHnNY
Pre-amplification, the main reason players chose those was the extra volume. And probably their indestructibility too...
