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Acoustic guitar or electric guitar?

 

. The history of the guitar can be traced back over 4000 years, making it a very early ancient instrument. Some people claim that the guitar is a development of the lute, or even of the ancient Greek kithara which both were fretless stringed instruments. At 3500 years old the oldest guitar ever found was obviosly acoustic and came from Egypt. The guitar was made of beautifully polished cedarwood and rawhide and was found on an archaeological dig. It can be seen today at the Archaeological Museum in Cairo. The modern guitars we have now are versions of these that have been greatly modified. Adolph Rickenbacker is the inventer of the first modern amplified electric guitar. It was a semi-hollow body guitar with sound holes.  Les Paul came up with the first solid body electric guitar and from there just as many changes were made to the electric guitar as the first known acoustic itself. When considering buying a guitar, one of the first things to consider is wether or not the guitar you will be spending your time learning on will be electric or acoustic Asking the question acoustic or electric is like asking a person if they want to bow hunt or hunt with a gun. Now im not a hunter, but I know that because of the compaired difficulty, it must feel a lot better to bag a kill with a bow. Just as it is with learning guitar, it is with almost everything you learn. And I know that learning on an acoustic before an electric is the best thing to do. The acoustic guitar is always ready and waiting like a loyal dog in the corner of your room using its eyes to beg you to play with it. A rough day has gone buy and you need to relax and take your mind off the stress and there it is. A buddy calls and wants to jam out some tunes with you and all you have to do is move the jacket over in your backseat of your car a little so you can store your guitar. Maybe you have been on your feet all day and just want to sit down. The acoustic is made to fit the shape of your body so that it will always be comfortable with a few adjustments. Electric guitars can be heavy and awkward shaped. You might never get used to it stabbing you in the side and pulling your shoulder as it scolds you with your mistakes loudly so all can hear. Remember! you can only put so much distortion on that thing before it sounds like pure static. Then you can be as bad as you want. No one will hear. If a person was to purchase both an electric and an acoustic and place them in the same room they would notice a few things right from the start. You most likely spent more money on your electric because of its needed components and equipment. Your mom is complaining that the electric bill went up because you keep leaving your amp on. You scared the neighbors. Jeez... You better pick up that acoustic and let everyone rest. It hurts as you dig your fingers into the strings. It is almost just as unforgiving as the electric but it is the clear choice. I have moved a lot in my life and found a new home. The one thing that I never forget or get rid of is my acoustic. I can remember sitting in my new apartment on the floor before anything was unpacked. Just looking at the blank white walls and the empty space. The smell of freshly used cleaning supplies and the occasional smell of touch up paint. The dead silence mixed with the ocasional neighbor sounds. My new journey fresh on my mind. Looking over at the boxes and replaying how many layers of stuff there is sitting ontop of more stuff. Then I look over and see a guitar case. What a great way to start my new journey. Acoustic guitarists must keep the rhythm of the song going throughout. A lot of electric guitarists pull out solos and no one knows what's going on or whether or not it's being played correctly. Electric guitarists can afford mistakes on stage whereas acoustic guitarists cant. The sound of an acoustic guitar is delicate and precise and pleasing to the appreciative ear. I have heard bands playing electric with the distortion turned up so damn high you cant even tell what chords are being played! If you are going to write a song acoustic guitar is essential.

"The reality is that when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a voice and an acoustic guitar. And the song will be good." Dweezil Zappa.

"If you cant play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then its not a real song" Christopher Cross.

"To stand up on stage alone with an acoustic requires bravery boardering on heroism boardering on insanity". Richard Thompson.
 
 

 http://www.guyguitars.com/eng/handbook/BriefHistory.html

Dan Cross on the history of guitar. www.aboutguitar.com

www.Ultimateguitar.com

 

 



Argumentation Brain storm

After taking the week to eat turkey and think about my final essay, I have dicided that I will write my argumentation on Laminated body acoustics and solid wood body acoustics. Facts about both. I will focus on why solid body guitars are better. I will begin with a breif history on acoustics and some reasons. I might end with a really general open ended statement as not to upset people. And then site my sources.

Argumentation/pros: Solid wood is more resonant than Layered wood. Solid wood last longer and can take more of a beating, Solid wood has much better acoustics and transmits sound more crisply for longer, more pronounced vibration, better appearence.

Argumentation/cons:  Solid wood can warp, more affect from humidity and temp, scratches can be harder to polish, back of guitar neck can be hard on the hands, can be harder to keep clean. price. everyone needs a practice guitar

Conclusion:  Solid wood is better, why. site sources.