Guitar help needed

[royaldeadman]

Am I going to benefit more from an acoustic guitar or an electric?

I have a preamp 6176 and all my daws and guitar rig, amplitube and etc. I could hook an electric into my pre or m box pro and make music that way.

What would you say?

[Mushy Mushy]

What would you say?

What a perplexing question!
I can't say what I would say because I've then just said it. I can only think what I would say, but that's hardly any use to you unless I actually say it.

Puzzling indeed.

[ZenPunkHippy]

An important question to help us help you:

Are you playing death metal or folk music?

If death metal, is it the more traditional thrash style that died out in the 80s or the mid-90s grind core style?

Do you sing and play at the same time?

If folk music, do you have a frying pan?

Peace,
Andy.

[Meffy]

Am I going to benefit more from an acoustic guitar or an electric?

I'll give you the correct answer soon as you tell me this: Which would I enjoy more, a small airplane or a sailboat? What's that? You don't know whether I prefer sailing or flying? Think about it.

If folk music, do you have a frying pan?

Cue Deb.

P.S.: Rather than choose one or the other, I'd consider getting good beginner-level acoustic AND electric guitars. I have a 1990s MIM Telecaster and a Yamaha FG-series acoustic. They're very different instruments, not at all interchangeable. Get hold of a friend who knows guitars and do some pawnshop-hopping.

[debra1rlo]

If folk music, do you have a frying pan?

Cue Deb.

Why, thanks for that segueway Meff.

For a nice ping-y frying pan, stick with a classic like a 12.5" Calphalon or Swiss Diamond.
For more a low end, a 14" Berghoff or T-fal has a nice resonant bottom for more death-y ambient death polka projects.

But if you paid less than $2000 for the pre-amp, anything you play will suck and you will regress talent-wise no matter how much you practice. expensive gear always makes you sound better.

[ew]

For a nice ping-y frying pan, stick with a classic like a 12.5" Calphalon or Swiss Diamond.
For more a low end, a 14" Berghoff or T-fal has a nice resonant bottom for more death-y ambient death polka projects.

You forgot the most important part, Deb

Always scratch up the pan so the non-stick coating flakes off, or, even better, get a pan without non-stick coating.
Otherwise, the full-bodied resonance won't stand out


I know some of the ambient death polka poseurs say it doesn't matter, but they're WRONG, I tell you! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

ew

[debra1rlo]

For a nice ping-y frying pan, stick with a classic like a 12.5" Calphalon or Swiss Diamond.
For more a low end, a 14" Berghoff or T-fal has a nice resonant bottom for more death-y ambient death polka projects.

You forgot the most important part, Deb

Always scratch up the pan so the non-stick coating flakes off, or, even better, get a pan without non-stick coating.
Otherwise, the full-bodied resonance won't stand out


I know some of the ambient death polka poseurs say it doesn't matter, but they're WRONG, I tell you! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

ew

doh! you weren't supposed to give away my trade secret, ew, now the movement that is my music will be co-opted by n00bs!

[ew]

For a nice ping-y frying pan, stick with a classic like a 12.5" Calphalon or Swiss Diamond.
For more a low end, a 14" Berghoff or T-fal has a nice resonant bottom for more death-y ambient death polka projects.

You forgot the most important part, Deb

Always scratch up the pan so the non-stick coating flakes off, or, even better, get a pan without non-stick coating.
Otherwise, the full-bodied resonance won't stand out


I know some of the ambient death polka poseurs say it doesn't matter, but they're WRONG, I tell you! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

ew

doh! you weren't supposed to give away my trade secret, ew, now the movement that is my music will be co-opted by n00bs!

I'm sorry, Deb! I didn't mean to!



ew

[Shabdahbriah]

What would you say?

What a perplexing question!
I can't say what I would say because I've then just said it. I can only think what I would say, but that's hardly any use to you unless I actually say it.

Puzzling indeed.

Well (not) said.

[tapper mike]

What we gain more from having different instruments is more an appreciation of the artist who use them.

Guitars, All sound different yet the same to a degree. What often separates them is more about...feel both physical and emotive. If you are all about emulating your heroes then getting a matching instrument can help in the recreation of the "sound" Eric Clapton was a big fan of Muddy Waters. So much so that his first electric guitar was a telecaster. Dit it make EC MW?

All guitars have a certain character to them regardless of the associations that we may form with artists that use them. However focusing on improving your own technique is actually less expensive and more productive then buying a guitar. This comes from a guy with a lifetime of buying guitars. I've got 7 guitars right now but really only play two. I've found that I can use one very effectively to cover a wide amount of genre's if I just focus on technique.

Steve Howe of Yes was an avid collector of guitars. I recall an interview where he stated that the more guitars he had the more his playing just sounded like him.

So, sure if you want to buy another guitar for the sake of having another guitar. I'd say go for it. If you expect that having a different guitar will change you into a different person or for your playing style to magically change simply by virtue of having a different instrument forget it.

[robogone]

For a nice ping-y frying pan, stick with a classic like a 12.5" Calphalon or Swiss Diamond.
For more a low end, a 14" Berghoff or T-fal has a nice resonant bottom for more death-y ambient death polka projects.

You forgot the most important part, Deb

Always scratch up the pan so the non-stick coating flakes off, or, even better, get a pan without non-stick coating.
Otherwise, the full-bodied resonance won't stand out


I know some of the ambient death polka poseurs say it doesn't matter, but they're WRONG, I tell you! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

ew

doh! you weren't supposed to give away my trade secret, ew, now the movement that is my music will be co-opted by n00bs!

Don't forget to use gas too - it gives a more analog sound than electric

[royaldeadman]

I ended up ordering a Martin Hd 28V. I hope it sounds good.

[Nanakai]

That depends on how much and how well you practice.

[RunBeerRun]

Wow that's a $2,600 to $3,200 guitar. I hope you're properly taking lessons.

[ariston]

Wow that's a $2,600 to $3,200 guitar. I hope you're properly taking lessons.

A guitar like that virtually plays itself, don't it?