ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Nulty

Lets get some talk on the forum for the largely underestimated or at least understated acoustic guitar. I'll settle for Classical/Spanish guitar talk but everyone seems to be turned over by distortion and effects and while they're great, it's suffocating the artists who can blow you away with out efffects and artificial distortions.

When I think of acoustic guitar I don't think of the annoying, self involved cocksuckers (IMO) who readily pick up the acoustic and are crowned "Singer song-writers" (Bastards!:mad:)

I think of people and characters with the same ambition and innovation as the leading electric guitar players to date...as a lot of others do.

But I'm disappointed to see very little talk of this style of acoustic guitar playing on these pages.

I'll stick a few links up and plead with the readers who enjoy the music to participate in the forum and if your playing, to share your enjoyment, recommend to others what you like and suggest good tunes to learn for acoustic and classical guitar.

Thanks for reading this far, I nearly gaave up writing it but for the Jameson...

My Favorite -

rcaz

There's far to much of a divide assumed between acoustic and electric guitars. When people ask if I play "electric or acoustic?", my first reaction would be to think, "I play guitar..." (but I would usually just go "both" to avoid sounding like a wanker).

"...who can blow you away with out efffects and artificial distortions"

You say this like effects take away from the skill of the musician. I think that playing with effects is so different to playing a dry guitar, that they're almost different instruments. Hell, when you get past ten pedals, you're probably thinking more along the lines of a synth player.

I love my electric guitars and I would honestly struggle to make the sounds I like to make without my pedals (I currently have eight). But I have an acoustic guitar which I play just as frequently, and it's still playing the guitar. Encouraging a distinction between the two will only make a distinction.

Strings.ie

As a kid I got into Guitar because of the Electric Guitar. Let's face it, the electric guitar is more likely to get you the girl

Having said that, I'm an Acoustic man and have been for well over ten years. I tried to revisit my youth a few years back. Got myself a mighty new amp and setup but it just didn't do it for me. I'm a wood and wire man now through and through.

Love Chet's bojangles version

Ravelleman

I support the existence of acoustic guitars.

Actually, these days I only tend to listen to outrageous dance music and sweet voiced acoustic folk. My old staples of hair metal and prog don't really have the same impact anymore.

I still haven't gotten around to buying a steel string though. I'm currently mulling over the purchase of a Martin HD28. It's kind of expensive but everything else I tried paled in comparison.

I like the simplicity of acoustics. It removes the terrible stress of plugging in an amp and then bending down to turn it on.

spoonbadger

Hehe, i sense bitterness in this one :P.

But fwiw, here's two of my favourite acoustic tracks. Did both for my L.C. practical, and still have much love for them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR04kmcSXU