Posted on 09/03/2024 8:04:54 PM PDT by jagusafr
I play mainly acoustic, finger picking and blues styles. I find that sometimes I need to cut through the mix a little more. Best electric? Go.
Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and Jimmy Carter was President I started college as a classical guitar performance major.
I was run over by a drunk Democrat lawyer and have nerve damage in my left arm, and the head injuries messed up my ability to read and play music at the same time.
I haven’t really been able to play in over forty years.
Aw, how sad... Sorry to hear that.
If you can find a pre-Mexico Tele they’re the best but also more expensive$$$
Over the years I've acquired instruments based mostly on what bands I was in and what worked best (e.g. I got into a 60's cover band that did a lot of Byrds, Beatles, etc. and thus the Ric 12-string had to be). But never had occasion to need a Dobro, although I love the sound. My collection is full -- can't fit anything more on the wall, lol -- but I've always wanted a good excuse to get a Dobro. I'd likely tune open-E, that's what I do when I play slide.
Who knows, maybe before my fingers get arthritic (I'm 72 and so far so good) I'll find a band that needs a Dobro player and convince myself that I should start hanging things on the other wall. :-)
My first thought as well. Fender Telecaster
If a more permanent installation is desired, you can usually drill the endpin hole out a bit and install a jack there (there are endpin replacements which can restore the appearance, should you ever want to go acoustic-only again in the future).
Figure out who you like to listen to and see what they’re playing on. That’s a start. The next thing would be to figure out how much you want to spend. If you’re playing acoustic guitar and you’re into kind of a modern sound a Martin D28 is hard to beat. On a particularly care for the sound of Taylor’s, I have a 1975 even as artist that has age very well and it sounds beautiful but a couple of friends of mine have use Martin D28 and I am pretty impressed by the way they sound.
If you’re into electric, again who you listening to and what are they playing.
Enjoy the hunt
I've had probably 20+ amps over my 60 years of playing electric guitar, and IMO nothing beats a Fender Twin Reverb for overall great sound and versatility. If you need to knock people over, get a Marshall, they're loud and fun. But a Twin is the gold standard as far as I'm concerned.
However, classic tube Twins are heavy as hell. I have two of them and I can't get them upstairs any more. So I got the newer Fender "ToneMaster" series Twin, weighs half as much and I did A/B sound tests against my tube Twins and you really cannot tell the difference. Fender engineers get major props for that product.
I even ended up getting a Princeton and a Deluxe from that ToneMaster series, for smaller venues, they're also great.
But if you decide on a Fender guitar, I strongly recommend a Fender amp, and the ToneMaster Twin is the top-o-the-line for sound. They're a match.
I expect others here have other opinions.... YMMV as they say.
I would go with a good hollow body electric.
I have been told that Chinese knockoffs of the Casino are quite good and can be had for under $200. Perhaps start there to see if that is to your liking.
Thinline Tele.
Or have an under-saddle pickup installed on your acoustic.
I would stay away from those things.
Barack "Rockabilly" Obama's remarks at the American Musical Association, June 15, 2009:
"I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their guitars — they like their guitar and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their guitar. They trust it. And that means that no matter how we reform music, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your guitar, you will be able to keep your guitar, period. If you like your current gig, you'll be able to keep your current gig, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
Do I have to have the ugly sleeve tats?
If your style is more folk to country, try a Fender Telecaster; if more blues, try a Fender Stratocaster. In either case tune it to open G, and the blues riffs will just flow out of your fingers.
May one humbly suggest someone who can actually play a designed sympathetic harmonics harp guitar— for real. No loop tapes or gimmicks. Five fingers on each of two hands, and totally acoustic on microphone. Live- Muriel Anderson:
Nola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1XrgQ0RkrI
After a while I realized it was probably best for playing slide on so I taught myself to play slide on it which is cool because it added another dimension to my repertoire. I also prefer to play tuned to E, but there's other tunings that work well too. The beautiful thing about music is you can never stop learning and you can never learn enough.
Freegards, Bullish.
In a hurry— hope he can mellow and last. It is, after all the space between the notes which matters.
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