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Location: Evansville,IN | Let me start off by saying I like most guitars.
Not wanting to offend anyone, but I have never seen the fascination with acoustic guitars. I like electrics, as they offer such a diverse spectrum of colors and shapes. :)
Am I not "right", feeling this way? |
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| "Am I not "right", feeling this way?"
That would be correct. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Not offending at all. Everyone has their own preferences. I bet there are members here that don't see the fascination with 'lectric guitars. So what, to each his own.
Me personally? I think the violin (and all it's weird cousins) is just about the stupidest thing there is. A ricketty little fragile box with friction tuners and you drag this horsehair rod across it and make it screetch. But you know what? I bought one and couldn't master it and now have profound admiration for anyone who does.
It's all good.
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Location: Tampa, FL | Hey GC, I know just what you mean about not understanding. I can't figure out why someone would want to have to always locate a power source, get plugged in and fiddle with knobs and such when you have a perfectly fine music source at hand. If only you had a proper resonating chamber and good tone wood top to facilitate it.
I suppose it's all in what you want to hear yourself produce. Me, I'm an acoustic kind of guy. |
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| Did you know that George Benson bought himself a violin the minute he made some money because he always wanted one? He's been learning for about 20 years now. He says he's still crap. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The older you are the tougher it is to learn. I took violin lessons for a while and my teacher had a group shot of all 50 of her students. 49 Asian kids under the age of 10 ... and ME (middle aged white guy). I wish I had the photo, it was really funny. But I suspect Cliff or Woody are whipping something up on photoshop as we speak ... Dave |
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Location: NC | I have all three...............or what I consider the three spectrums of guitar:
-The totally acoustic
-The acoustic/electric
-The totally electric
I like all of them.
I will say this, my acoustic only seems to project a louder tone than the acoustic electric. But I still like my "O" best. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I "hear" the siren call of electric guitars....my first guitar was an electric, and when I got back into playing 2 years ago, I bought a couple of electrics. But I realized that the acoustic guitar is the tool for the kind of music I want to make, and I sold them. I look at electrics, they are cool looking, but I know I wouldn't play it if I had it.
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Location: Evansville,IN | I do like the looks of acoustics. I guess it just the sounds that can be produced from electrics.
Don't get me wrong I may buy an acoustic once I learn how to play proficiently. I just can't justify it at this time. :)
Like was said to each their own. I really admire people who can play well. Doesn't matter what kind of music it is. :) |
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Location: Clermont FL | Playing Top 40 and Crossover music for most of my life required that I play electric guitars and a Guitorgan. But now my Ovation Elite is a joy for working out tunes for recordings. A great sound all of it's own without the help of electronics.
I love that guitar sound. Stu |
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Location: Chicagoland | I do and love both. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | GC:
Have you ever played a really fine quality acoustic? |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
GC:
Have you ever played a really fine quality acoustic? I can answer honestly, no. I'm just in the learning stages (2 months). A finely made guitar would be a waste on me. Like I said earlier, I may buy one once I learn to play.
Here's my musical history, grade school, song flute. High school, Beatles arrive want to be Paul McCartney, who didn't, buy Vox bass guitar, and amp, learn to play bass. Take a 38 year hiatus. Now learning to play guitar. I don't remember it being this hard to play bass, but I'm learning, again. :) |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Intimacy.
There is a definite connection with an acoustic instrument when you pluck, strum or hammer it. It is more than the sound produced, it is the connection you have made. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Both are great and each can do things that the other can't. Quit worring about it and buy lots of both kinds. After all, it's just ice cream..... |
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Location: NJ | I own too many of both |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You have to balance your guitar needs and use against your guitar wants. Some people are happy with just one axe. Some need a bunch. My wants are pretty much boundless. In terms of what I use, I have one steel string (MEWP), one nylon string (Country Artist), one electric (a telecaster copy) and a travel guitar (CC57). That seems to work for me. After you try an Adamas, thru an amp with a touch of chorus, you'll be blown away. Play some tex mex on a country artist (As serge points out the country artist name is a misnomer, because I see mostly latin players using it, but that's another thread )(think El Paso) ... well you'll see. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Listen to Neil Diamond "Hot August Night". Turn it up. Maybe you'll begin to understand. It's not about looks. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | When someone references that they enjoy Country Music I can't help but ask "Which Country?". |
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Location: Georgia USA | Cheese, I understand. I much prefer electric. I love my Deacon, and I once bought a very nice Strat. I have never really spent any money on an acoustic. I still play the only one I've ever owned... my Yamaha FG300 that my brother bought in 1975 and gave me 5 years later (it plays very well, by the way).
But having said that, I was reading the SELL/TRADE thread "Starter O" and never realized how accomodating the OFCers are at offering good guitars at great prices. I may try an acoustic O... AFTER I get a Viper some day. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Like I said earlier in this thread, I admire anyone who plays well, be it guitar, violin, or even saxophone. You just have to admire the many years of practice and patience it took them to get to this point. Just hope I do as well years down the road. :)
I could use an acoustic at work, when I'm not busy. Just get it out and practice. This gives me an idea..... :D Honey I need it at work, so..... :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I started with an electric because I got it cheap. Then had an acoustic that was a finger buster. Sold both and got my first Ovation in 1977 and that was it for 25 years till I picked up a 12 string cheap. I never really played much until last Christmas, when my daughter bought her first acoustic/electric and I bought her a practice amp. I've had a lot of fun the last few months trying out the latest. I try to play every one every day, except for the 12 string. I spent about an hour the other night playing with all the different sounds I could get on the GS, played through my Behringer Blue Devil and its effects. Last night was acoustic night with the Classic, Collector's and Matrix.
As I told my wife, there are a million songs to learn and they are on a lot of different types of guitars. When I learn all those I'll start on piano. |
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Location: Clermont FL | Hey G C, A finely made instrument is never a waste on anyone. If you start with a good guitar you a miles ahead of the game. A good friend who is not a great picker has a Gibson Super 400, it gives him great joy. Get the best guitar you can afford (or can't afford). I have an acute case of G.A.S. for a full body archtop jazz guitar.. Stu |
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Location: Evansville,IN | I always try to buy the best and most I can for the money. Something my mom taught me early on :)
I was at the local pawn shop the other day looking for "different" guitars. Spotted an Ovation case, and casually said, "here's an Ovation", the guy there said, yeah, it's just an acoustic. There were stack of cases piled on one another. I opened it an saw this guitar with all these holes in the neck section of the body, don't have a clue as to what it is. Looked nice though, Might go back tomorrow and check it out. ;) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I just bought my first electric guitar. They suck.
The strings feel like over cooked linguine. Strumming it creates a sound somewhat similar to an asthmatic dairy cow and they have all these extra frets that seem to make my dog walk out of the room...and no matter how hard I try, nothing even remotely sounding like Stevie Ray Vaughn comes out of it. |
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