Ever ditch electric all together??

[Bob Womack]

I play recording sessions. My clients call for about 75/25 electric/acoustic. That's okay because I really love electric guitar and probably am more able to express myself on it than on acoustic. I do love both, though.

Bob

[hubcapsc]

Some fellows invited me to practice with them on Thursday nights.
I got a Gibson SG on Reverb and had a great time of it for about a year. One of
the drummers that came was REALLY LOUD, though. The combination of him
just a few feet away and the Hammond organ's Leslie speakers
when they got spun up was too much for me... tinnitus... I should put
the SG on the classifieds ...

-Mike

[rmp]

no, nor would I ever even consider doing that.

I started playing at around age 10, I I'm 64 now, too long to change my "routines" now!

[fitness1]

I haven't owned an electric for more than 2-3 weeks since about '82.

Every few years I used to get the itch, but it was quickly scratched.

I don't even really listen to much electric music anymore.

[ewalling]

I went the other way round. I had a brief flirtation with electric between the ages of 16-20 before ditching it altogether in my early twenties. I began playing again at the age of 23 on a beaten up '72 Yamaha FG180. I got interested in fingerpicking through the music of such as Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and the Kicking Mule crowd, and didn't own an electric for decades.

Around 2013, I started to venture back into electric playing, starting with some hollow bodies/semi-hollow bodies before buying a couple of Godin solid electrics, of which I still own an RG-3 'Passion' - a Strat-type guitar.

I have three nice amps - a Laney Cub 12, a Fender '65 Princeton, and a Roland JC-40 - and I play the RG=3 and my Godin Multiac Spectrum through them. However, if I'm honest, I don't really play through amps that much. The acoustic has always been the thing, and I'm way more tempted to pick one up and hone my skills on a fingerpicking ragtime or Celtic tune than I am to hook up the Trio and practice electric stuff.

I have considered selling the RG-3, but it's such a lovely-sounding guitar, and I may regret it.

[EllenGtrGrl]

I've been playing for 42 years. I haven't been in an electric band in years (I'm 57, and at my age, trying to get into a heavy rocking band probably isn't going to happen - I get my band fix nowadays playing 12-string acoustic in a local church band), and I have more acoustics than electrics. While it is more convenient for me to just grab one of my acoustics, than it is for me, to pull my Tele Thinline out of its case plug in the amp, and plug in the guitar, after a long day at work, I still have electrics. So much so, that I just bought a new amp (a Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb), and I've ordered a hollowbody electric guitar, for those times I'm feeling in a jazzy mood. I like my acoustics, and acoustic guitar tones, but I will admit, that there are still times, where I just want some electric guitar tones.

[s2y]

I go through cycles. I didn't own an acoustic for about 20 years when I was primarily a bassist. No plans to sell all of my electric guitars. I sometimes contemplate ditching bass, but that's more due to band politics than disliking bass guitar.

[boombox]

Originally Posted by mark bowerman

I'm in the process of dumping all my electric guitar gear having realised the last time I played a live show with one was in 2008.

Same here and same year. All gone now except for my Epiphone Sheraton. My Peavey Classic 30, which was my main gigging amp, was sold over year ago. I haven't played my Epi in at least 10 years, but I keep it "just in case".

[Don W]

I ditched playing electric mainly because I wanted to be portable during the 70's-90's. Sold my Jazzmaster in the early 70's and am still kicking myself. Bought my Strat in 1996 (gift from my wife) and have played electric ever since. Still play more acoustic than electric but love my guitars and vowed never to sell any of them as each one has a purpose. Have several great amps for electric and acoustic too.

[rokdog49]

I had put the electric down for quite a while until this last year.
My playing partner and I tried interjecting some Tele into our acoustic sessions and it has worked out quite well with some of our songs.
Just recently, we do our cover version of Clapton’s “Old Love” and I play the blues lick fills and solo. It sounds great.
As a benefit, I have improved my electric guitar skills.
The Tele sure is a lot easier to play.

[CASD57]

Originally Posted by Mr.Woody

I've been playing mostly acoustic these last couple of years, and despite buying some new electric gear last year, it's just not as appealing as it used to be. Part of that could be that I sold all my amps and I've been going direct which means playing through headphones every time I want to practice. But, it seems like every time I start playing along with anything, it's just a struggle play anything that I'm satisfied with. I end up just playing acoustic for the simplicity and the ease of accompanying myself solo.

Most of my guitar playing has been as a worship leader and solo performer, so I'm very well adapted to acoustic and carrying the rhythm/chords. But, when it comes to electric, I don't really know what to do in a band context other than play chords. Don't get me wrong, I can really dial in some amazing sounds with the gear I have, but I don't think like an electric guitarist kind of the way a guitarist doesn't think like a bass player despite the similarities.

Anyone ever ditch all the electric stuff and just have acoustics?

Mostly..Yes, I still have an Epiphone ES339-P90 and a Custom Fender Affinity Strat (2-P90's)
But I've always played like an acoustic player....or do I play acoustic like an Electric player?
Well, anyway, I mostly play Acoustic these days with the other two setting there watching

[fuman]

About 10 years ago, I bought a PRS hollowbody with a piezo. Fantastic guitar. I had a great modeling amp I was using. The problem was, I wasn't in a band or anything. And I seemed to be spending most of my time playing an old Yamaha FG.

I sold the amp and traded the PRS for my Taylor a couple years later. I didn't play electric at all for a few years, then I got back in a band. I ran a tube amp simulator pedal at the front end of my pedalboard and through my Genz-Benz Shenandoah. It actually worked pretty well for what I was doing (Grateful Dead cover band). I gave it up again.

Then I got a yamaha THR10C amp on clearance at Guitar Center. And a cheap Squier Strat. I'm about 60/40 acoustic during the pandemic, but I have been enjoying the electric a whole bunch. The THR is pretty amazing. I've never owned a Strat before and it's a lot of fun.

[musicman1951]

I'll never get rid of my Gibson, too much sentimental value. I played it a ton back in the day, but electric is only functional for me in a band. I get it out a couple of times a year, but it doesn't seem to make much sense for me playing solo guitar.

[RP]

I've never considered myself an electric player but have learned to hang onto a Strat and an amp for those infrequent occasions when the mood hits...

[srbell]

I played electric only from the mid 70's until the late 90's. I bought my first acoustic then, but still mostly played electric. About 5 years later my wife bought me an Ovation and I switched to acoustic about 90% of the time. I've since bought a couple Taylors and now I play acoustic almost all of the time. I'll still get one of the electrics out every once in a while just to make some noise, or if the praise band I'm in needs something electric.
For me, I've found acoustic to be much more satisfying. I'm not fussing around "tone chasing". I think it has made me a much better player. Also, I think it's much more conducive to playing in a solo setting - just me, my guitar, and my voice. I just can't see myself playing solo with my electric. It just seems like that really needs to be more in a band setting.