Which lasts "longer" in your "arsenal"?

[d03nut]

Acoustics or Electrics?

 

Just talking in terms of pure sound here -not factors having to do with your your financial, musical or other such "needs' at a given time- which side of the "divide" begs more "exploration", or alternatively induces more tonal "restlessness" in you?

 

Even though I'm equally enamored with electrics, I do get more GAS thinking about acoustics.

 

Now why is that, damn it, why?

[dhoenisch]

Well, let me be the first "to go there."

 

In terms of pure sound, that would only be acoustic since electric is synthetic sound

 

Dan

[Freeman Keller]

Currently own seven acoustics and zero electrics. Have considered building a LP clone but don't think I would play it. Will probably build a parlor, a tricone and a ladder braced 12 instead. That would put me at ten to zero. Seems about right, don't you think?

[denvertrakker]

Man, if only Al Di Meola hung around this forum, he'd be a great person to pose that question to. More than most, he seems to flip back and forth between electric and acoustic and gain happy results from both...

[garthman]

Oh, definitley acoustic. I now have 7 acoustics and 3 electrics but the electrics are fairly recent acquisitions and I tend to play them the same way I play acoustics anyway

[bsman]

Definitely acoustic. I currently have three acoustics and four electrics, but there's something about an acoustic guitar sitting next to a chair - so inviting, nothing to plug in, no cords, just pick it up and play... I probably play acoustic >75% of the time just because it's so hassle free. I can take it anywhere in the house (or out) without having to worry about cables, cords and outlets. No contest for me!

[DrBallard]

Acoustic..., my only electric is hidden in the closet under a pile of clothes:thu:

[Terry Allan Hall]

Very definitely acoustic!

[dblazer]

My acoustic search was shorter than my electric one, I bought a Martin DC-15E with electronics, decided I needed more "jangle" and less bass, also no electronics, so I got a Martin 000-28EC. It's awesome, I'm done.

 

Then I wanted a 'beater/travel' acoustic. First try was a Larrivee parlor, mahogany with a spruce top. Awesome sound in a small guitar, I'm done.

 

I've bought/sold 8 electrics; gone are a Heritage/Ed Roman 'Blues Deluxe' semi-hollow that sounded pretty much the same as my other two Heritages; Heritage H-150 Gold Top, awesome tone and neck, weighed 13.5 lbs and sounded the same as the H-140; a Fender MIJ 'Blackie' Strat, black with rosewood fretboard and a MIJ '68 re-issue Olympic White with maple board, Texas Special pickups that both went for money toward my Callaham Strat.

 

I've still got; '95 10th anniversary Heritage H-140 w/Seymour/Seth P.A.F.s, ebony fingerboard, matching fancy grade maple pickguard and sounds better than the other two humbucker guitars did, truly beautiful and 1/2 the weight of the H-150; 1985 Fender MIJ '62 Telecaster re-issue, double bound body, rosewood board, now has Joe Barden pickups and a Torres Engineering "Bluescaster" wiring harness and switch set; Callaham hardtail Strat, really great guitar; and one 'on the way' a Heritage H-137 (Les Paul Special clone) with Lollar P-90s, another bound ebony fingerboard with MOP crowns in a 'tobacco burst' finish.

 

I think I'm done, that pretty much covers all the sounds I'm interested in and they should last me a good long time.

[Kap'n]

Well there doesn't seem to be a "flavor of the month" with acoustics.

 

A great acoustic is a great acoustic forever. Fortunately the don't make them in pointy shapes with floyd roses on them.

[Michael Martin]

Well, let me be the first "to go there." In terms of pure sound, that would only be acoustic since electric is synthetic sound Dan

Uh-oh--I hear the footsteps of the "false dichotomy" sound theorists approaching! Run for cover!

[recordingtrack1]

I own five acoustics and four electrics presently . . . . . Gee, . . . . I guess I need to buy another electric. It'll put balance back into my life.

 

Do you think my wife will buy that story?

 

RT1:thu:

 

EDIT: Hey Michael, is that a dichotomy?

[kwakatak]

I have 3 acoustics and 2 electrics. If memory serves, I haven't gotten rid of a guitar since my red Epiphone superstrat clone was stolen in 1989.

 

Here's the list oldest to newest:

- Kay K-401: I've owned it since probably about 1973.

- Kramer Focus?/Striker?: bought in 1989 to replace the red Epi. The Epi was actually nicer, but the Kramer seems to be a pointy-headstocked albatros around my neck.

- Takamine F-360: a gift from my aunt's BIL in 1992. The guitar is 34 years old and spent an indeterminate amount time in the attic of his south Florida home.

- Fender Strat, Ameircan Standard series, Natural ash finish, rosewood fretboard: a engagement/wedding present from my wife in 1998

- Larrivee OM-03R: the first IKFC gift received in April of 2006. After 30+ years of playing this is my first solid wood acoustic guitar. All the others have been made of completely laminated materials

 

These five guitars spend a lot of time in their cases, hanging up on wall hangers or leaning against furniture in my otherwise kid-cluttered house. There's literally no room to store them in but still I want more!

[riffmeister]

with acoustic guitars, it's the guitar that taunts me

 

with electric guitars, it's the amplifier which taunts me

[Cripes]

They unplugged me when I was born, threw away the cord, and I'm pretty okay with that so far.