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(Make your own judgement as to which sense one should take that in.)
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Acoustic section 103.
We are the top 8%. (Most of the sound from an acoustic comes from the top!)
;-)
PS: my father plays the flute, I play guitar. Does that count?
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I've never owned an electric guitar. Nothing to do with bias, I often play a borrowed Strat at gigs for things like Little Red Rooster or I Fought The Law.
I mainly play electric now but I do like a wee strum and perchance even a wee sing from time to time.
I just sing to myself.
Play acoustic because it saves having to get an amp and a lead out of the cupboard. Tick.
Play fingerstyle because it saves having to look for a plectrum. Tick.
So ... anyone for air guitar?
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
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On the other hand, there are things electric players do as routine which acoustic players don't even have on their radar.
In truth, they are very different instruments requiring quite different playing feel and technique. Many of the skills are transferrable but someone who only plays the one generally makes a right royal mess of the other without some serious relearning.
(Most players have done a bit of both, which obscures this reality. If one had to start acoustic from scratch (or start electric from scratch), only having ever played the other sort, it's a big learning curve. Yep, sure, you'll pick it up faster than, say, an oboe player or even a cellist, but you can't just be handed the other sort of guitar and know how to play it.
https://youtu.be/gsrCvGJbrik
Interestingly, and a slight aside, looking at @allen recent videos comparing various humbucker and single coil guitars went a good way to demonstrate that electrics are a law of diminishing returns. The more expensive guitars weren't as big a difference as you'd expect. Be intresting to take a HBenton and fit it with the pickups and same strings as say the R9 and blind test it. Might not be as nice to play but I'll bet it sounds the same.
With acoustics though, there is a massive difference between guitars and it's a relatively easy job to differentiate acoustics from cheap and nasty up to eye-wateringly expensive and everything in between. With acoustics (unlike electrics) it can generally be said that you get what you pay for, except for the inflated price of some of the usual suspects from the US.. Acoustics also develop better tone over time. What's not to like.
Ian
Lowering my expectations has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.