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07-15-2020, 08:47 AM
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07-15-2020, 09:12 AM
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I've played the guitar nearly every day for the past 32 years including a 100% acoustic only stint from 2000-2015. For me, 100%, without a doubt and hands down, the electric guitar is the best and most fun to play. I have about 7 acoustics including a great handmade custom one and a cool Taylor Mini GS. When I do play acoustic, it seems like I tend to play my nylon the most over the steel strings. Sounds better to my ears.
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07-15-2020, 09:16 AM
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Well as a person whose guitar life has been split about 50/50, though at times more nearly to one pole than the other, I'd have to say they can both be fun. While my young fingers used to allow me to play "acoustic lead guitar," my old fingers aren't as strong as they used to be for that.
While I'll still play single note lines on acoustic and still hit chords on electric, I've never been much for being a chord guy on electric, which is a big hole in my skills, but not the only one. As a result I think of acoustic as a harmony instrument and an electric and a melody instrument. Reductive? Yes it sure is. But then, while there's a fair amount of timbral range in even a single simple acoustic guitar, an electric is a lot broader palette, and with my current hand strength, it's easier to be expressive with vibrato on electric. After a decade of mostly guitar-cord-amp on electric I've started back to experiment more with plugins in DAW and stomp boxes. I'm even thinking of dusting off my old Line6 HD500. But simple can be just as fun as complicated. Some days the fun is a simple cowboy G and C chord folk song. Somedays it's a pedalboard and a weird scale or riff your fingers found.
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07-15-2020, 07:51 PM
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Eh.... My electric collection does not get a whole lot of use. It's fun to crank it up and rip some blues or classic rock, but I get tired of futzing with amps and pedals, and the electric guitar's potential is best realized in the context of a band, which is not something I'm interested in getting involved with.
I can just pick up the acoustic and play, no amps, no pedals, no noise complaints.... and acoustic guitars function better as a "band in a box", as you can easily lay down "bass" lines with the thumb, Melody with the other three, and do some percussive stuff if that's your thing. *** Most of my repertoire is either classical or bluegrass, so there's that as well.**** Not knocking electric... acoustic playing just suits me better.
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07-15-2020, 08:34 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0gnDE6OxY It's an experience I've missed out on. It looks and feels like it could be so powerful and so much fun. I was just watching this video of Eric Clapton and John Mayer playing "Crossroads." Not to mention the fun clothes some bands wear. You don't often see acoustic players in flamboyant and wild clothes. On the other hand, my hearing is intact! I've always loved "The Band." They were electric, but also acoustic, and very song oriented. A different animal.
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07-16-2020, 01:38 PM
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07-16-2020, 06:07 PM
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It looks to me that the guy playing the Les Paul is playing rhythm, and I think I'm seeing 2 bass players. I don't hear the keyboard at all.
Sure looks like they are all having a grand time.
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07-17-2020, 02:20 PM
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07-17-2020, 03:49 PM
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I like both. But to answer your question - yes.
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07-19-2020, 08:11 PM
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I don't have a preference but then, I am not good at either.
For me, what I can do is play a few riffs and things from songs that I love. And sometimes what I need for that is an acoustic, and sometimes an electric. I get the same charge out of both of them. Things like the opening to Wish You Were Here, or Piece of My Heart. Id Love to Change the World or Jumping at Shadows. Its all good.
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07-20-2020, 07:21 AM
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