Acoustic Electric Guitar
The
Mellow Acoustic Sound Draws You In
At one time the solid body ruled but
now musicians are rediscovering the mellow sound of acoustic
electric guitars. You just can't play the strings of a
substitute and get the same feel. What is it? For the
longest time I had no idea what acoustic electric
guitars were, and this is surprising to a lot of people
I know because I am married to a guitar player. I know about
electric guitars because there are ten different ones in my
home, and I certainly have known about acoustic guitars
because I have been around them my whole life.
I owned one of my own before I ever
met my husband. I had no idea that there was a combination
out there, and this lead to a confusing moment in my life
that I look back on now with laughter.
Playing the Acoustic
Blues
A few years ago my husband was in two
bands, and one of those bands played blues and country
music. He wasn’t big on the country component, but he
loved the blues music. They had two acoustic electric
guitars, and they had worked them into the shows.
I had not seen them play in a while,
so I had no idea what was going on. One of his band members
called and asked me to remind my husband to bring both of
the acoustic electric guitars up from the rehearsal space to
the gig that night.
For about ten minutes we had an
argument on the phone that must have been comical to anyone
else who was within earshot. I didn’t know what an
acoustic electric guitar was, and I thought he was making it
up. I said he would bring both kinds, and this confused his
band mate even more.
After much conversation he finally
realized why I was so confused, and he still picks on me
about it today. I hadn’t even crossed his mind that I
didn’t know what acoustic electric guitars might be. I
knew of acoustic and electric, but had no idea there was an
in-between.
Where to Shop for Your New
Guitar
You can get them anywhere, I am told,
and many bands us acoustic electric guitars when they want
to do mellow songs, or perhaps they just want the sound of
an acoustic. They look just like a regular acoustic guitar,
some of the most popular being Ovation or its sister,
Applause, but they have an electrical power source so the
guitar can be played through an amplifier rather than having
to rely on the sound carrying through the air.
Perhaps I had seen these acoustic
electric guitars before but I didn’t know what I was
looking at. I’m sure I am not the only person to ever
make this mistake, though I may be the only one who is
married to a guitarist that didn’t know they existed.
My shame is endless. Anyhow, I know now and can talk
intelligently again about music.
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