subject: Choosing Guitar Electric Vs Acoustic [print this page] That question is a very popular for beginners, and we can see it on many musical forums. However, I dont want to choose one category above other. They all have unique properties, so we can only look at their opportunities.
Lets take a look at features of acoustic guitar:
1.Feelings from sound
Feelings from acoustic guitar cant be passed with words. Sound goes not only in the body of guitar, it can go through your own body, and thats a nice feeling.
2.Universality
Acoustic guitar can be used in a wide variety of musical styles, we can hear it everywhere, in pop-music, hip-hop, rock, orchestral and many others.
3.Simplicity
You can play on acoustic guitar anywhere, and it dont need additional things like amps and cabinets. You dont need to think of appropriate sound, guitar will sound everywhere.
4.Good technique
Good side of acoustic sound is that you cant hide mistakes in playing. So, acoustic guitar making your playing more discipline and clear.
5.Equipment
You dont need to take various amps and combos with you, you dont need to buy effect pedals, all you need is an acoustic guitar and on a big concert microphone for it. Thats all you need to have a good sound.
Now, lets see what electric guitar can offer to us:
1.Quite sound
Electric guitar is much quieter than acoustic, so you can play on it with headphones on in the night. Thats a good stuff when your neighbours want to sleep.
2.More comfortable playing
On electric guitar playing is much comfortable, because fret is not so wide and strings not so tight.
3.Sound modify
Changing the tone and colour of guitar sound is simple by various knobs and guitar amps and cabinets. There are a huge amount of pedal effects and other stuff, so the sound of electric guitar can be changed to really fantastic or weird.
4.Changing of pitch
With different tremolo bars and floyd roses guitarist can achieve an expressive sound. Some tremolo bars are good for imitating slide guitar.
