J.R.M.30! Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Acoustic guitars are not boring! To me you need both to appreciate their differences. When I play my electric I usually go back to the acoustic almost like tracing back to the holy grail of guitar. Acoustic represents stripped down to the bare bones marriage of wood, string, flesh, as in a finger and dare I say plastic, as in a pick! If you think acoustics are boring than you'll think electrics are boring after a while! Wait and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I think it was Keith Richards who said that he played acoustics at home because he knew that if he had his acoustic skills together he could pull off the electric stuff with no problem ... Personally I'm an acoustic guy acoustics are the truth to me ... you can't lie about your chops with tone or anything . You don't even have to have chops to play acoustic you can do the old cowboy strumming style and stick with it forever JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelonious Ponk Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I think it was Keith Richards who said that he played acoustics at home because he knew that if he had his acoustic skills together he could pull off the electric stuff with no problem ... Personally I'm an acoustic guy acoustics are the truth to me ... you can't lie about your chops with tone or anything . You don't even have to have chops to play acoustic you can do the old cowboy strumming style and stick with it forever You can, but eventually that's going to get boring. P JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gralst Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I think it was Keith Richards who said that he played acoustics at home because he knew that if he had his acoustic skills together he could pull off the electric stuff with no problem ... Personally I'm an acoustic guy acoustics are the truth to me ... you can't lie about your chops with tone or anything . You don't even have to have chops to play acoustic you can do the old cowboy strumming style and stick with it forever JC No truer words were ever written or said. Perfectly put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Who ever said acoustic were "boring"? With all of the onboard electronics, pre-amps and other stuff these days the lines between an acoustic and electric are getting a whole lot more blurred than they used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I guess I'm still bass akcwards with a lot of the thinking here in that I find the electric guitar to be much more demanding of technique than an acoustic. Even just touching the wrong string on an electric can make it sound out so I have to be much more precise in my playing with an electric than an acoustic. I've discovered that I am NOT an electric guitar player, however I greatly appreciate a good one. But I just prefer the sound of an acoustic in general and no recording or playing through an amp can come close, in my opinion, to sitting about three feet away from an acoustic instrument and hearing the full, real sound that emanates. I didn't fully realize how good it would be until I actually took up playing for myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasAK Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 In the right hands, no musical instrument is boring. chasAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Number one reason for having an acoustic guitar is that you can take it any where you like to play, anytime. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 In the right hands, no musical instrument is boring. chasAK You are right - still I would have a hard time practicing the balalaika, , , or even the mandolin (pardon Orville). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 . . . . acoustics are the truth to me ... you can't lie about your chops with tone or anything . Couldn't say it better and just the way I feel it - When everything is over there will still be a wooden box, a neck and some steel here and there. . . It's as basic as smearing paint on a surface, , , mud on a stone - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastorMike Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 For me, acoustic guitars make the music a very intimate experience. Everything is in your hands and against your body. You feel the vibration from the instrument, the sound is immediate from your fingers or the pick in your had. There is a natural unprocessed tone that shifts due to your feelings, whether you choose to be agressive or laid back in your approach to the instrument. There is a "oneness" (for lack of a better term) with the instrument and the music......Of course, this is just one old fogey's opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Of course, this is just one old fogey's opinion! There's a lot of us old fogeys offering opinions on this forum. Welcome to the forum! FMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasAK Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Wood & strings and wood & reeds are the best imo! BTW E-minor7, balalaika, you got me on that one. I had to google it. Old fogeys, isn't that a relative term? chasAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I like acoustic because it's a natural sound. No reverb, pedals, manufactured sounds or electronic sounds. It's just the sound I've always been drawn to. Nothing wrong with electric if that's the sound you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastorMike Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Wood & strings and wood & reeds are the best imo! BTW E-minor7, balalaika, you got me on that one. I had to google it. Old fogeys, isn't that a relative term? chasAK Yea..."Old Fogey" is a relative term....it's the term my relatives use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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