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People probably quit electric guitars more than acoustics because you have to plug them in to get a decent sound. Not because of the steel strings (which are ge
by scelerat 10y ago
People probably quit electric guitars more than acoustics because you have to plug them in to get a decent sound. Not because of the steel strings (which are generally pretty light and forgiving on an an electric compared to a typical steel-string acoustic guitar). It's the hassle and volume factor rather than a physical hurdle.
Plus, there's possibly nothing more irritating than a novice guitarist hacking away on an electric quitar.
- soylentcola 10y agoSure, but there are also practice amps that accept headphones and even "headphone amps" like the thing I was mandated to buy by my parents when I insisted on getting an electric guitar in high school. Plugged right into the guitar and let you connect headphones for non-obnoxious practice. Even had some overdrive built in (although it sounded like crap). Of course then I just plugged the headphone-out into the aux-in on my boom box and had something approaching an amp. Plus it had a mic-input so I could record one part to tape via the phone-out, then use a walkman or other tape player to play into the mic-in while playing the second part over top and recording out to my amp/boombox. Fun times with crappy guitar playing :) (this was the headphone amp in question) https://i.sli.mg/yVbr0J.jpg https://i.sli.mg/yVbr0J.jpg