Do You Play Electric And Acoustic?

[RUDENBARK]

Play a lot of both, probably about equal shares now (used to be almost solely acoustic).
Different instruments; while there's a degree of interchangability, there's a lot of stuff that only really works on either one or the other. So (for me anyway) it sorta makes sense to play both.

[Marshall]

I just leave my acoustic lying around to impress the laydeeeeezzzzzz

[rocklander]

I'm equally bad on both.

[thehenderson]

Leaving women around to impress your acoustic?

[Anvil Amps Alan]

Leaving women around to impress your acoustic?

Your avatar reminds me of an aerosol can available in joke shops in the seventies.
It contained only perfumed water or something but it was called "DR Blatherskite's patented Bullshit Repellent"

[Rog]

LOL - I remember that stuff!

[Anvil Amps Alan]

LOL - I remember that stuff!

Found it!
We could use some of this stuff around here sometimes!

[Mike_Hosking]

i play both, i find with acoustic your picking hand has to work its arse off for it to sound really wicked, none of this hammer on/pull off bullshit, alternate pick the fuk outta everything fast and get drunk!!

[CJ]

I'm equally bad on both.

Ahh but your equal badness works great with accompaniment

[rocklander]

I'm equally bad on both.

Ahh but your equal badness works great with accompaniment

yup.. masterful at leaving space for brilliance

[sonicfantom]

I'm equally bad on both.

Ahh but your equal badness works great with accompaniment

yup.. masterful at leaving space for brilliance

It all depends on whether he's bad or he's badass.

Last time I checked, my mates used "bad" to mean "good"... Hmm.

I normally practice my acoustic playing on electric unplugged, so nobody can come in and tell me to STFU.

[Daza152]

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It all depends on whether he's bad or he's badass.

Last time I checked, my mates used "bad" to mean "good"... Hmm.

I normally practice my acoustic playing on electric unplugged, so nobody can come in and tell me to STFU.[/quote]
I go thru a phase where I only play one or the other and right now its the acoustic, I'd love to be great at both and I do love alot of electric songs I want to play but lately I have only been trying pentatonic scales which is important but not as musically as my acoustic playing???????? I too play unplugged on the electric sometimes as it helps become familliar with the neck/guitar more than not playing it at all....

[slash-ed]

Last time I checked, my mates used "bad" to mean "good"... Hmm.

That's because you're 10, and have legs shaped like bananas (see avatar)

[Slowy]

I think of them as very different instruments.

My idea of an acoustic is a Martin dreadnaught with 13 - 56 strings.. It's great for open tuning fingerpicky stuff, but in standard tuning, it can be hit hard which really moves a song along. If I'm strumming something, I visualise playing the drums more than guitar. That percussiveness, the ability to really move some air, is something I love about acoustics.

My electrics on the other hand, are set up fairly light and I play them with a gentle touch. Well, gentle for me.

Play both, love both, need both.

Acoustics: Dreadnaught, Baritone, 12 string, Classical, mandolin
Electrics: Fender, Fender & more Fender

I started as an acoustic player. That's probably why I'm more comfortable with Single Coils than Humbuckers.

[sonicfantom]

Last time I checked, my mates used "bad" to mean "good"... Hmm.

That's because you're 10, and have legs shaped like bananas (see avatar)

You're just jealous of the no-finger muting technique