how many guitarplayers play acoustic, how many electric (Page 1 of 2)

I'm with you.  About 90% -10%.  (I play the electric bass more that the electric guitar. )  But my love is the acoustic.  I play a 12 string Yamaha.  I do have a pick up on it when I need more sound when playing with the group.  We play old country classics 95% of the time.

Mostly acoustic, when I visit my brother I fool around with his electric.

...Badeye.

Already nice, but I forgot 1 thing
- the ones playing acoustic to write a song, a minority starts composing immediatly on electric.
I exclude piano or synthezir

I realise already a longtime that, concerning songwriting, you have a lot of "things" you can use. I rememberd me one day, I think in a themapark, like DISNEY, I adored the noise of a little train, and just the rythm was so inspiring, that I went back on the same attraction (I have priority, because of being disabled after a car crash) and I recorded it with a cellphone, the rythm and because I had a good recording, I used it to "create" a song ON GUITAR.
But what I wanted to say, that I like to know more or less the % of using the electric or acoustic guitar to write a song. As I told, I have a big opportunity that I live and own a "STAND ALONE" house, and I am able to play VERY, VERY loud electric guitar. Being alone, not in a group, I use at what I call my electric period, a small device: a KORG PANDORA TONE WORKS PX4D for electric guitar, because getting a correct rytm, because you have a bass and drum loops, even more funny with all the possible guitareffects.
On the other hand: I love to sit in front of my PC, and like to play along with existing numbers, and just my acoustic guitar and me and chordie.

Play electric and acoustic but usually practice on my electric because heavy strings make my fingers hurt (boo hoo)

I tend to write a riff on the electric and then write a bass line. I tend only to use chords and an acoustic for slow ballads.

It depends on the song. If I write one that is going to be electric I write it on an electric if accoustic then I write on an accoustic. If mixed i write each on the appropriate instrument. as far as playing goes, I play whatever is handy if i'm away from mine. otherwise I just play on whichever one is appropriate for what I'm doing with the song.

"Nobody paints by ear so why would I play guitar by sight?"

Guitarphil said...
But what I wanted to say, that I like to know more or less the % of using the electric or acoustic guitar to write a song.

When writing a song, its mood inspiration and something that cannot be defined...
Most of the time I write with my acoustic, not the fancy martin but the worthless Epiphone. I then use the Martin to trick it up. Sometimes I feel rebelious, and angry. That  is when the Les Paul comes out for the first stage...When I want the strings to growl instead of whisper.
Like your example, I have writen songs based on other things...I once wrote a blues song based on a trafic light.

Seriously.....:)

accoustic 30% guitar 70%

For me, at home, it is 95% acoustic and 5% electric. Although I love playing my 'Mean Green Music Machine' electric it is so much easier to pick up my acoustic to play without having to wire up to the amp and then probably use headphones so as not to disturb the neighbours.

I tend to use my electric for 50% of the time when I am recording or gigging.

Writing songs is normally done 100% with the acoustic.

Roger

acoustic only, thats because i don't even own an electric one. ithink the rest of the family would have to have cotton wool if i played electric, for their ears i mean, only live in a tiny house house!!

Hi Roger,
that sounds good but it also sounds very technical to me. I'm a bit of a semi technophobe, i actually feel quite proud that i can use the computer and a mobile phone, i didn't know how to switch them on once!! Ah, yes i am a woman all though i know there are women that are very good, but not me ha, ha. Actually what is a mixer???