The Addictive
Pull of Acoustic Electric Guitars
The Mellow Sound Draws You
In
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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