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Originally Posted by FrankHudson
The above response is golden as general advice!
You can play electric like acoustic, assuming that sound fits into your arrangements. Heavier strings help me when I want to do that, so I keep at least one electric strung up with a heavier set with a wound G. Players with strong hands can even do the bendy, bendy lead guitar thing with them (or one can use a whammy bar).
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This is true, but when I think about it, alot of the time when I use a full chord I dont strum the whole thing at one time. Lots of time I'll kind of ride the bass notes and just hit the other strings wherever they seem to fit.
I think everyone knows this song, but it is a good example of a darn good rhythm player, using everything from sparse triads to heavily distorted full chords, and just about every trick in the book. You can hear that most of the time when he's using full chords he rarely strums the whole thing at one time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0