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Originally Posted by Clouds
We all have a monitor to hear our instruments. The guy on the guitar (who normally goes through the PA) was on a big amp today. Listened to the recording and you can barely hear me.
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Yep. Generally, the electric guitar player will be running through an amp and the acoustic player going straight to the PA. Yes, that is an over-simplification. You need an amp. You can mic the amp or run a direct line out to the PA, but you will have greater control over your sound/tone with a dedicated amp.
Most people buy an acoustic guitar because they like the tone, and then try to figure out how to amplify it to keep the same sound. With an electric guitar (and your Tele is fine), that is only half the sound - the right amp for the sound you are looking for is the other part of the equation.
There are SO many amp options - another "rabbit hole" that will make the guitar shopping you did for the Tele look simple.
Take your guitar to a music shop and try a bunch of different amps, preferably at the volume you'd be using on stage.
As others have said, without cooperation from the rest of the band, it can become a "volume war"... if you have someone running your sound, they can help, but if it is "every man for himself" with the sound/volume, you are going to have to learn to work together. If you couldn't hear yourself and the recording plays that out, you need some way to balance the sound.
Good luck with the process.