Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

Guess I am more perceptive than most. I know right away when I fret poorly or the like. Or press too hard. I would be the 1st one to admit I do like the help from compression and the like on legato and the volume of all notes being at the same volume. I also think its more important for me to hear the string higher in pitch if I am pulling off and all the noise, my nemesis is the B string. My last point is the analogy is back to golf. Why would anybody want to hit balls into a golf net and not watch the flight of the ball? It makes no sense, you could be grooving a slice and not even know it. Feedback to what you're doing is important in EVERYTHING. Maybe you guys are pros and your ears are way better. Any person of my skill level, and most people will benefit from the feedback of their actions. And not breaking strings because you play without an amp? I dont even know how to respond to that. I guess man, believe whatever you want
 
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The funny thing is nearly 25 years on I'm yet to actually physically touch/handle an acoustic guitar :lmao:

Never had the slightest interest in them & that's not changed over the years, so I'm glad I went against advice given to me at the time, picked up an Ibby DT-250 Destroyer instead & learned my first song, Kreator's "Tormentor" on it :bigthumb:

I personally don't think I missed out on much or that it was a huge mistake to start out that way...

One of the biggest hurdles when you start playing is staying motivated. Get the Guitar you will feel best playing..
 
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Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

Ben1962 said:
Guess I am more perceptive than most. I know right away when I fret poorly or the like. Or press too hard. I would be the 1st one to admit I do like the help from compression and the like on legato and the volume of all notes being at the same volume. I also think its more important for me to hear the string higher in pitch if I am pulling off and all the noise, my nemesis is the B string. My last point is the analogy is back to golf. Why would anybody want to hit balls into a golf net and not watch the flight of the ball? It makes no sense, you could be grooving a slice and not even know it. Feedback to what you're doing is important in EVERYTHING. Maybe you guys are pros and your ears are way better. Any person of my skill level, and most people will benefit from the feedback of their actions. And not breaking strings because you play without an amp? I dont even know how to respond to that. I guess man, believe whatever you want
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Electric guitar is just the same whether you have it plugged or not. Difference is that unplugged you have to play softer and more carefully to make notes play right.
 
Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

You can play acoustic repertoire on electric but not as well vice versa.
 
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Jacew said:
Electric guitar is just the same whether you have it plugged or not. Difference is that unplugged you have to play softer and more carefully to make notes play right.
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Thanks! I'm just starting out, and hadn't heard that yet. Seems like it might be helpful to one's form?
 
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^ Contradicted himself in 2 sentences haha.
 
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You can put a bicycle in a stand and use it as an exercise bike, but don’t pretend that’s the same thing as riding it on the road and trails.
 
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When I started with the acoustic it was just a guitar to me. But not long there after(weeks)I started paying attention to the sounds and the beauty (to me) of the electric. From that point it's been electric all the way.

The acoustic was like a compass to me; it pointed the way to the electric.
 
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I started out on acoustic and the only thing it taught me was that I am an electric player through and through. I can honestly say that I hate acoustic guitars.lol
 
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Acoustics are the devil. All guitar players should learn to play bass first as to not be egocentric and to keep time better.
 
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Jackson Distortion said:
I started out on acoustic and the only thing it taught me was that I am an electric player through and through. I can honestly say that I hate acoustic guitars.lol
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LMAO. Coz I don't have time. Plus they remind me of girl scout camp. Don't think I've ever touched one.
 
Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

Good. Hopefully you never hear it again, because its flat out wrong. You new to an electric, whether you want gain or not, use an amp and be your own worse critic. You have family or something and you have to be quiet? Get yourself some device and headphones. Trust me, get one of those little Vox amps if moneys tight , they're like 30 bux and you most likely have headphones already. All you will do is ingrain bad habits and have to go back and fix them. One and done is always easier
 
Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

Totally different instruments. One does not translate to the other in my opinion.
 
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Clint 55 said:
You can play acoustic repertoire on electric but not as well vice versa.
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I agree with this to an extent, but speaking as someone who played acoustic for many, many years I can tell you that acoustic guitar BARELY translates to electric. You don’t have the nuances with an electric guitar that you can get out of an acoustic… They get lost in the amplification process. You can get close if you’re using a piezo pickup, but even then it’s not quite the same.

Lake Placid Blues said:
Totally different instruments. One does not translate to the other in my opinion.
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^^ This.

While you can sometimes force some overlap, they truly are two different tools designed for two different uses.
 
Re: Should every guitarist start on an acoustic, even bound for electric?

This post made me break out my one acoustic. I put new strings on it as the old ones where nearing a decade old.

Then I started playing it.

It only took me about two minutes to re-affirm that, "eff this, it can't do $#!t".

That concludes the acoustic guitar playing for this decade.

Now back to my regularly scheduled electric b@dassery.
 
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I always thought that a classical parlor guitar was a oodles cooler than than a steel-strung dreadnaught. They are much easier to play and in my opinion have a better tone.

I remember in my youth we had a bonfire one night where a standard issue member of the cowboy acoustic club was in attendance. I told him to play a song and I'd sing, but instead I played some lines over it with my classical guitar and everyone thought it was infinitely cooler. And this was before I became the guitar aficionado I am today.
 
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BriGuy1968 said:
I agree with this to an extent, but speaking as someone who played acoustic for many, many years I can tell you that acoustic guitar BARELY translates to electric. You don’t have the nuances with an electric guitar that you can get out of an acoustic… They get lost in the amplification process. You can get close if you’re using a piezo pickup, but even then it’s not quite the same.



^^ This.

While you can sometimes force some overlap, they truly are two different tools designed for two different uses.
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This. Which is why there's no point starting with one when all you really want to do is play the other :D
 
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Dreads are nice if you want to be heard over a banjo and all the other acoustic instruments. They are rarely used in studios(so I read) because the boominess. I have a Seagull, its a very mellow Cedar top like a catgut, pleasant and not a jumbo. Just right for me
 
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My Martin is a 000 body with piezo

I bring a powered speaker if the banjo is too loud

I love the projection I get from thicker gauge strings on an acoustic
But that makes it much harder to play

I string all mine with extra light 10s
And ask everyone to be quiet
 
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