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Electric VS Acoustic

Dizfunktion	Date: July 26, 2004 @ 1:33 AM Which one do you like better? Or is Classical the best in your opinion.
Dizfunktion	Date: July 26, 2004 @ 1:33 AM Woops, sorry for the double post, post on this one
SoulBeats	Date: July 26, 2004 @ 2:04 AM I'm used to electric since I'm not that much to all chords, but if there's an acoustic around, might as well grab it too. Depending on the mood. Lotsa things you can do on both acoustic and electric.
Alexi1337	Date: July 27, 2004 @ 2:31 AM Ughh...tough question. Nothing is as fun as an electric jam though. So I'd go with electric.
Smokindog	Date: July 27, 2004 @ 10:15 AM Thats like choosing between two children
brenthannah	Date: July 27, 2004 @ 6:54 PM If you can't plug it in - what's the point?
chrismacmanus	Date: August 2, 2004 @ 9:25 AM wwwwwoooooaaa there!!! Too many people acoustic-bashing here. There's quite a lot of flexibility and range you can get out of your acoustic. Let's face it, it's not much fun listening to an unaccompanied electric in most cases, but look at what can be done with one man and his acoustic. Uh oh, Bit of self promotion about to ensue...... http://chrismacmanus.dmusic.com/
imemine	Date: August 2, 2004 @ 2:53 PM Two completely different sounds all together. I think it’s a matter of what texture, emotion and feel you are trying to get across. It’s equivalent to comparing apples to automobiles. Both can be red but they are entirely different things. = = = = They’re lots of examples of the two co-existing as well. Dave Mathews comes to mind. Just my 2 cents. By the way, Chris is excellent!! Check him out!!
sqrlcub	Date: August 2, 2004 @ 3:11 PM I primarily play classical. I think if you can't do what you want on an acoustic instrument and make it sound good then you don't have the chops to do it on an electric one.
Bleachcry	Date: August 3, 2004 @ 1:38 AM I like and play both equally. Generally I prefer acoustic for bluesy and mellow songs, and eletric for rock, jazz, and a limited range of soft music.
gothian	Date: August 10, 2004 @ 5:01 PM You can't make a comparison, both are way to diferent to do that, my opinion is that if you are a guitarist, you will play both of them
thpanama87	Date: August 11, 2004 @ 11:44 PM i agree w/ gothian
woodhead	Date: August 13, 2004 @ 9:17 PM my opinion is that if you are a guitarist, you will play both of them My sentiments exactly
chrismacmanus	Date: August 14, 2004 @ 5:19 PM My poor electric is a bit dusty these days
DevonPowell	Date: August 15, 2004 @ 12:38 AM Acoustic-electrics, exclusively (Alvarez-Yairi DY-45AV & Taylor K12ce). Even if they weren't A-E's, I'd stick with Acoustics only. I guess I'm not "a guitarist". :wtf: I agree w/ you sqrlcub & Imemine1... my
hueseph	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 12:53 PM If you can't make it sound good on acoustic, time to question your ability. You shouldn't need to plug in to sound good. However I love both.
imemine	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 4:24 PM Ok, First I would like to refer you back to my previous statement on this subject. Second, I would just like to state for the record that regardless of your musical ability, it is extremely difficult to get across that AC/DC ------ “SOUND” -------on an acoustic guitar.(did I mention “regardless of your musical ability!) (Oh yeah, something about “SOUND” too.) So hueseph, grab up your acoustic and run off to that death metal band audition and let me know how it goes. That’s all---Good Day!
kingo	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 4:47 PM Imemine -- I was about to say the same thing you just did. It's hogwash to say "if you can't make it sound good on acoustic..." Try getting a classical to feedback for an hour while you're doing something else.
fanch-t	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 4:55 PM Next time we're in a basement halaka perhaps we should make a contraption to induce classical guitar feedback. To the topic at hand, I tend to write more on acoustics, but bangin on an electric is pretty fun.
imemine	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 5:15 PM Hey, don’t get me wrong here! I love the “SOUND” of and play an acoustic too. In fact I own a very nice Martin and play it frequently. All I am saying is give peace a chance. No, No, No, ------ Al I’m saying is that they are for different thing things!!!!! You don’t play with a and vice versa though both are sports. Thank you halaka for some sanity though by listening to your stuff I don’t see how you have any left. (you know I love ya man!!!)
hueseph	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 6:45 PM I'm not saying acoustic is better, but to say that electric is better is equally ludicrous. A composition should stand on it's own recgardless of instrumentation. That's why AAF can play an MJ song and make it sound heavy, or Vegas cheesifying any other pop or jazz tune. No it doesn't sound the same but it should stand on it's own. You should be able to make it work. I've jammed out AC/DC and Metallica tunes on acoustic and no-one was at a loss for what I was playing. The same way that you can play a ballad on an electric and still make it sound good. The instrument doesn't play the song, you do and if it doesn't sound right well ok, but if it sounds bad, maybe you should practice more.
imemine	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 7:13 PM H. Christ--- (The H is for Howard ya know) Who said ANYTHING about electric being better: DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! DIFFERENT! Why is different such a hard concept to grasp? Man-I’m off to talk to my four year old so I can have a logical conversation!
kingo	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 7:28 PM Don't confuse my logic with sanity. While I can juggle around the former pretty good, I left the latter on a fencepost a good hundred miles back. Who the frick are AAF and MJ and... oh, Alien Ant Farm and Michael Jordan. I like that when they do that Michael Jordan song where they slam dunk the bass guitar into the snare. ROCK! ROCK!!! The whole problem is that the initial question is ludicrous. I'm going to go smear some snails on my front door.
wet1	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 7:53 PM As many have stated before me, the acoustic has a different texture to add to a song. Many things don't translate well to electric and the same is true of the acoustic. Techniques that play well on the electic don't play as well on the acoustic. It is not a matter of which is better, it is a matter of which suits the song, the mood, and the ambience you are trying to achive.
jordanthegreat	Date: August 24, 2004 @ 9:11 PM you just have to know when to use which, there's no comparing the two, in the end it'll be your personal preference.
hueseph	Date: August 25, 2004 @ 3:37 AM imemine get yer prozac. I didn't say it was you that suggested electric was better. Someone did tho. Way up there. And yes I understand that some songs translate better to electric than acoustic. As I stated I love both electric and acoustic. I own two electrics (yes only two. Three if you count the Bass.) and one classical. Tho there's about 7 electrics and 4 acoustic instruments in this household and it's soon to grow some more. All I'm sayin is if the technique isn't there before you plug in, it's not gonna be there when you do.
imemine	Date: August 25, 2004 @ 9:40 AM I prefer Thorazine.
kingo	Date: August 25, 2004 @ 10:08 AM What about some good old heroin?
SirSnipe	Date: September 2, 2004 @ 12:52 AM I actually choose acoustic rock over elctric,im not dure why though...
Redbud	Date: September 2, 2004 @ 10:22 PM I use Electric Live. We are a metal band so there's not much call for acoustin in our stage show. I practice Acoustic. You can't hide anything with an acoustic in your hand. I would say Acoustic is my choice. I write 90percent of my music from the acoustic. If I can make a metal riff sound cool on an acoustic I know it will transfer well to electric and will be alot easier to pull off. Once transfered to the electric you can adjust the nuances alot easier, things you hear while your jamming it out acoustic but know are impossible on acoustic are already in your head when you plug in and distort up.
imemine	Date: September 2, 2004 @ 11:16 PM Electric Acoustic Virtual Step aside son. Lets make a deal. Thank you folks!!!!! Just based on a recent visit to the Guitar Center.
8111	Date: September 24, 2004 @ 9:58 PM Depends on what you want whatever it is your playing (songwise) to soundlike. I saw some character named "Esteban" on the home shopping network play an acoustic thru a distorted amp. sounded like shit to me...but hey, beauty, and tone, for that matter, is in the eyes (and ears) of the beholder...or some crap like that
AnatomizingA...	Date: September 26, 2004 @ 11:38 PM Acoustics are amazing.. Electric's are good too for a good rock and roll sound.. but for a mellow tear jerkin song... Acoustic is the best...
GTLive	Date: September 28, 2004 @ 8:52 PM All my stuff is based on Accoustic rhythm with electric or accoustic or keyboard lead parts. I fake the bass out by playing guitars of either type and using the PC to drop the audio an octave. Accoustic based, usually
gothian	Date: September 29, 2004 @ 1:57 PM + =
5thprojekt	Date: October 9, 2004 @ 8:50 AM there should be no 'VS' they each ahve their place
yufli	Date: November 2, 2004 @ 7:43 AM depends on the mood... but usually since i just got a new electric for my birthday and a sexy new amp, i'm addicted to it -- and the fact that my brother never lets me use his acoustic even though he hasn't touched it in years...
jeddak	Date: November 9, 2004 @ 10:22 PM Two different instruments. I go through phases of preference, myself - most of the time I prefer to play electric (I'm into rock and fusion) but sometimes I prefer the immediacy and simplicity of nylon-/steel-string acoustic. When I need to "feel the burn," I go with electric. I really like how a sell-set up electric guitar through the right amp can allow really subtle nuances - slight string bends, tonal variations in how you attack the string and fret t, and so forth. In a lot of ways, electric guitars are more sensitive and more expressive than acoustic guitars. However, when I get tired of dealing with the disconnect between what's generating the note (pick on a string) and where the sound is coming from (a speaker across the room), good old acoustics take me home again. Sometimes you just need to hear he sound coming right from the instrument you're holding and playing. I often write on an acoustic, to free myself from the temptation to tweak knobs and focus on the notes.
JackalSlayer	Date: November 13, 2004 @ 12:07 AM I agree with Gothian when he says that real guitarists are the guitarists that only like to play both acoustic and electric guitar. But I have to say that I definetly prefer playing acoustic. Acoustic guitar makes songs have that natural feel and beautiful feel that comes into play before music got so distorted and acid was mixed in(not that that was completely a bad thing). And also, you can't really play a song good with just an electric guitar, you need the other instruments involved(drums,bass,and possibly a 2nd guitar). But one acoustic has great versatility, I am a rhythm guitarist however, so lead guitarists would probably go for electric guitar. Everyone can agree that both acoustic and electric guitars do have their advantages though.
JackalSlayer	Date: November 13, 2004 @ 12:23 AM I agree with Gothian when he says that real guitarists are the guitarists that only like to play both acoustic and electric guitar. But I have to say that I definetly prefer playing acoustic. Acoustic guitar makes songs have that natural feel and beautiful feel that comes into play before music got so distorted and acid was mixed in(not that that was completely a bad thing). And also, you can't really play a song good with just an electric guitar, you need the other instruments involved(drums,bass,and possibly a 2nd guitar). But one acoustic has great versatility, I am a rhythm guitarist however, so lead guitarists would probably go for electric guitar. Everyone can agree that both acoustic and electric guitars do have their advantages though.
Gizmogle	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 4:45 PM I've always found electric guitars easier to play, but acoustic sound much better. Nothing beats electro-acoustic guitars thou...theyre electric and acoustic...wooowness!
pog	Date: December 19, 2004 @ 5:59 PM You can so play acdc on an acoustic... it's just that your Jailbreak sounds a bit like Gloria, thats all. IMHO that, like stated earlier, all guitar types are good, but different guitars definately create different moods to play to... like a clean hollowbody guitar with heavy strings is gonna make you play different stuff to a distorted Ibanez Gem with ultralight strings, and a floating tremelo... A classical guitar is gonna make you play differently to a semi-acoustic model with a cutaway. For the ultimate in weirdness, try dancing on your furniture whilst moshing with a ukulele, and you may get an idea of what I'm getting at
zedsalt	Date: December 20, 2004 @ 11:13 AM "Don't confuse my logic with sanity"-halaka Now, THERE'S a quotable quote! Of course acoustic vs. electric is a matter of what you want to say and how you want to say it. I try not let any preconceived notions and/or conventions enter into the equation when picking which instrument I'm going to use for which sound. Conscious efforts to AVOID that, to go as contrary as I can have produced some delightful results. One of my favorite "acoustic" guitar sounds is one track of magnetic pickup acoustic and one track of condenser mic acoustic, same guitar/same time, split HARD stereo...what a big, beautiful sound! Thanks a lot, Pog! I took your @#$%&*@# suggestion. The only problem was, I have a Polka-Lay-Lee instead of a uke. The Polka-Lay-Lee has a scythe-like headstock that's about two feet long, and now I need a new ceiling fan!
theforgotten	Date: January 7, 2005 @ 8:19 PM i...cant....choose....but it depends on what type of song you plan on playing i think...i..like.....my...acou...noooo i cant choose
theforgotten	Date: January 7, 2005 @ 8:21 PM when i said song i meant music
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 10, 2005 @ 11:22 AM I can't compare them... Acoustic is a fun instrument and now and then I have terrible need to play it. On the other hand I couldn't live without electric guitar.
AngelinHeat	Date: January 11, 2005 @ 1:15 AM I'm not too much of a fan of acoustic. I'm pretty much Classical guitar and Electric guitar. I just never really had a big need for an acoustic.

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