why do people bother to play these wimpy pieces of shit when electrics are better in literally every way?
>>129664051John Fahey > All the gay makeup wearing shredders you worship
>>129664051>electricsYou don't play guitar.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vq3qZwaXrwto larp as ethpanish
electric guitars are basically theremins with frets
>>129664051I guess they are unnecessary if you spend your entire life within 10 feet of an outlet
Electric guitars are more limited instruments than a lot of electric players realize. They are very basic at monophonic (one note at a time, i.e. lead) playing compared to a bowed/fretless/classical instrument. You have no control over the bloom and swell of the note, and the tuning in fourths plus an odd major third is all built around chords and is not as good for melodies as say a cello or mandolin, on which the strings are tuned with more notes between each string which gives you more notes under your fingers for melody. Tube amp 'sag,' overtones from distortion, amp tone debates, delay pedals, etc. are all ultimately attempts to replicate the depth of sound and overtones of an acoustic instrument. The tuning being unsuited for melody but suited to chords is why so many guitar players cannot play a major scale if asked, and get stuck in pentatonic-box purgatory because they're trying to force an instrument that inherently wants to be polyphonic and play chords into a monophonic one. Playing with distortion also makes guitar intervals other than a fifth sound bad, which is why you play 'power chords' (root and fifth) on electric instead of full major/minor/seventh/etc. So now you're playing an instrument that is limited monophonically but you're also limiting its polyphonic potential, which is what it was built around in the first place. The acoustic knows what it wants to be, which is a polyphonic instrument that is really good at fingerstyle, chords, harmony, etc. It has fewer tricks but the tricks it does have are timeless and less limited.
>>129664816>You have no control over the bloom and swell of the noteunless you keep turning the dials
>>129664816> stuck in pentatonic-box purgatory because they're trying to force an instrument that inherently wants to be polyphonic and play chords into a monophonic oneNo, they just suck at guitar > The acoustic knows what it wants to be, which is a polyphonic instrument that is really good at fingerstyle, chords, harmony, etc. It has fewer tricks but the tricks it does have are timeless and less limited.No, they just suck at guitar
>>129664816>Playing with distortion also makes guitar intervals other than a fifth sound badI disagree https://youtu.be/R-X2NyBbe1A?si=SbC0ESFfe95rJDZ7&t=225
>>129664816The only good acoustic player is Derek Bailey
>>129664051Have you heard this?This man at this exact time period was one of the greatest guitar players acoustic or electrichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBGkhPx529g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdAq3E_a9zU
>>129664051Because it depends on the genre. Even Yngwie plays acoustic for some of his songs.
>>129664051Sometimes you just want natural sonical sound waves.
>>129664051Can't play this on an electric. Sounds like ass.
>>129664051you can't play neofolk without them
>>129664051There's something special about making pleasant noise purely mechanically
>>129664051different vibe. if i want to play melodic shit, i like using acoustic.
>>129664051why can't you do both.
>>129667946well, can it be played on steel string without being shit?
>>129664051Dave Gilmour says he finds himself playing an acoustic every day but only picks up an electric once every few months. Volumes, spoken.
>>129664072More like john gahey
You can't play Wonderwall on electric
>>129664051these usually sound like shit on electrics
>>129664051You must be a faggot if you can't play both. Stick to the recorder ya fucking incompetent homo, you're not good enough to be in a band.
If you can't appreciate acoustic, you're a fucking retard.
