Members knotty Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 Amplified acoustics barely sound like acoustics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 knotty wrote: It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. It was never Les Paul's intention to build an amplified acoustic but rather to get as close as possible to the pure sound of the string it's self. There is a story that he stretched a piece of wire across a steel railroad rail and heard only the wire and was inspired by this concept. Later he built "the log" . The goal in building was density to bring out the sound of the string and decrease the sound of the wood. * the Log was actually buit by Les at the Epiphone factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted September 22, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 gardo wrote: knotty wrote: It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. It was never Les Paul's intention to build an amplified acoustic but rather to get as close as possible to the pure sound of the string it's self. There is a story that he stretched a piece of wire across a steel railroad rail and heard only the wire and was inspired by this concept. Later he built "the log" . The goal in building was density to bring out the sound of the string and decrease the sound of the wood. * the Log was actually buit by Les at the Epiphone factoryOriginally people were trying to amplify the 'Hawaiian' guitar to make it audible in a big band situation. As an amplification of an acoustic instrument they have demonstrably failed to reproduce an acoustic sound, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 You guys are a special breed of dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 DaveAronow wrote: You guys are a special breed of dumb. Sorry Dave , I'll try to use smaller words so you can understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted September 22, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 DaveAronow wrote: You guys are a special breed of dumb. From a country fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dougy Posted September 22, 2013 Members Share Posted September 22, 2013 knotty wrote: The electric guitar is a failure It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. Damn. I've been wasting my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timrocker Posted September 25, 2013 Members Share Posted September 25, 2013 I Lubs Me Some Failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted September 25, 2013 Members Share Posted September 25, 2013 knotty wrote: It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. Quite right. Resonators were similarly a failed attempt to do the same thing. Of cours,e what we ended up with is great as something else. We could probably, following the same logic, make a case that while they may still have failed for the same reasons, solid state amps are superior to tube amps as they give a louder (if imperfect) reproduction of the acoustic sound without distorting. When you think about it, so many of the sounds we enjoy as contemporary electric guitar players are the result of failed experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted September 25, 2013 Members Share Posted September 25, 2013 gardo wrote: knotty wrote: It was supposed to be an amplified acoustic - none of them sound like an acoustic. It was never Les Paul's intention to build an amplified acoustic... Nor Leo Fender's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted September 25, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2013 Oh no he's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted September 25, 2013 Members Share Posted September 25, 2013 Many of the great inventions have been stumbled upon by trying to create something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bubdude Posted September 28, 2013 Members Share Posted September 28, 2013 o.k. I collect failed guitars, I can live with that. I'm a loser. I play fake and fail instruments. I'm a loser bay-bee so why don't you .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Imthere Posted September 28, 2013 Members Share Posted September 28, 2013 louder acoustic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted September 28, 2013 Members Share Posted September 28, 2013 Sometimes you just get a whole new thing.The Fender Rhodes piano is a classic example. I can't imagine the musical world being complete without it's unique tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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