I have played a little bit of acoustic guitar, but Never as dedicated as I have lately. The difference between electric response and acoustic response is huge. I am learning the solo for PINK FLOYDs WISH YOU WERE HERE. It is much harder to solo with the thicker strings and you don't get help from distortion, loud amplification or thin strings.
I just bought an OVATION CELEBRITY DELUXE and the sound is amazing, it plays smooth and easy.
I have been reading alot on this forum and I understand that with an acoustic the player is required to work harder, well maybe not harder, however different. I am willing to put in the work.
Any advice?

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You've pretty much hit it right to begin with. No distortion, sustain or other effects means that you need to hit each note cleanly and you have to master moving (rather than sliding) from chord to chord. Electric guitarists also sometimes overlook the sound and possibilities of open chords, so playing acoustic is a great way to experiment with that.

Find songs (Beatles are great but there are many possibilities) written to not rely on electronics and master those.

I played acoustic over 30 years before I got my first electric. Then after about a year I got another acoustic and didn't pick up the electric for over a week. When I finaly did again I seemed to play better. I think everyone should play both.

Playing acoustic is a great way to craft your playing style. You'll learn a lot from it.

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I just start playing acoustic a little over a month ago and lovin' it! The acoustic, of course, has a totally different tone and sound from the electric and opens up many doors as far as different genres of music and musicians (Dave Mathews, Bob Segar, Jimmy Buffet, John Mellencamp). I just started so I don't have any tips or pointers, but to just keep playing.

If you can bend notes on an acoustic think of how easy it will be on an electric. Like butter!

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Yep, when you normally play electric it's easy to forget the joys of playing acoustic... and it's good practice for your electric playing too - especially finger strength and smooth chord changes

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They're very different Monsters, and one helps you understand and play the other. I saw a documentary on Guitarist over the years, and they were interviewing these classical Guitarist that only played Classical Acoustic. They said the electric guitarist hid behind distortion and delay and other effects, and that an acoustic was much harder to master. The next scene was the same two guitarist trying to use overdriven electric guitars. They sounded like Guitar Center on a Saturday Afternoon.

I was lucky, my Dad made me learn songs on the Acoustic before taking it to the electric. He did it for partly for his Ears, but also to get me comfortable on both intstruments.

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I think that the aucoustic sounds so much more melodic. I can make it sound much crisper yet mellow. There isn't any hiding anything, if you play it, you here it.

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I love playing acoustic. Learn how to fingerpick- hours of entertainment, and unique arpeggio patterns can really help make old chord progressions sound new when writing songs.

I enjoy acoustic a lot more now than I used to when I first started--and I started on classical--so I knew acoustic stuff from the start.

When I got my 12 string about 11 years ago I went on an acoustic "binge" for a while. I used to jam with a friend who also played 12 string--and we had a lot of fun, just bashing out songs on our 12 strings.

As for playing without benefit of effects & amps--for years--even before my 12 string--I have played my electrics more without plugging them in, than with plugging them in. It helps to work on technique and touch--as you can still hear the notes, but you have to work at it. That's also good practice & I recommended it as a practice when I taught as well.

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I would love to learn to finger pick. It has always looked and sounded so hard though. When do you know when your ready?

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2009 OVATION CELEBRITY DELUXE BLUE BURST QUILTED MAPLE
2008 PEAVEY VALVEKING VK112
"IT'S NOT ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU WANT, IT'S ABOUT LOVING WHAT YOU'VE GOT."= SHERYL CROW

Finger picking is actually a very natural movement. Just buy some "claws" that feel comfortable and go for it! You'll find the sounds you can make are different than anything you've tried before - in a good way. I prefer the feel and sound of steel fingerpicks (Nationals) but prefer a small plastic thumbpick.

I find them difficult to use on my Strat because the neck is too narrow. Better for an acoustic.

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I've always said if ya wanna know how good a guitar player really is, give 'em an acoustic to play and see what happens. Now, when I say "really is," this is versus "how good they think they are. Applied to myself, I'm only really a decent guitar player. When playing acoustic, I tend to do more finger picking than with electric.

Matt

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One advise mate!! you might love to add chorus to your sound I love acoustic guitars with light chorus on them it just sounds out of this world