[Loopsider]

would having one person on acoustic and me on electric/vocals and keyboard be fine? i dont want to shell out hundreds of dollars for an acoustic/pickup and acoustic amp. If i get an electro acoustic it will sound the same as my electric through my amp. So i guess the only reason i would get an acoustic is to look good. Would it look proper for me to play electric standing up while my friend plays acoustic sitting on a barstool.
playing patience by Guns n Roses.
(i posted this in electric guitar Q&A, but i want the opinion of actual acoustic players)

[pimp_vince]

as long as it sounds the same... it doesn't matter either way. but aesthetically speaking, you should get an electro-acoustic. but no one's forcing you. and if you sound good no one should really care.

[Loopsider]

its kinda formal as well, its at an anniversary party at a hotel.

[pimp_vince]

its kinda formal as well, its at an anniversary party at a hotel.

i would then suggest that:

1. your guitar looks "classy"
- all white with rosewood fretboard
- three tone sunburst with maple or rosewood neck
2. get a freakin electro acoustic

[Loopsider]

its a red sparkle with an ebony fretboard. i will wear a red tie . i dont have money for an electro-acoustic

[Tribeguy95]

dont sweat it dawg. I play the same way in my band. Nobdoy cares as much as you do. The guy is right, if you sound good then it dont even matter.

[dadfad]

A nice way to work an acoustic and electric together on some tunes is to sort of "intro" the tune with the acoustic guitar doing basically a solo acoustic thing and then take that into the "real" version where the acoustic drops back to become the second instrument, mainly rhythm, and the electric takes a bigger role. The tune can be closed the same way if you like, with the acoustic soloing the tune till fade. We did several tunes that way when I played in an electric band more often. We'd start a tune with me doing an intro (sometimes even a first verse) in the original acoustic version and then the band-as-a-whole would pick it up. For example, Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside". I'd do an intro and verse in the style of Robert and then the band would come in in the style of Led Zep. We had several we eventually did that way....."Crossroads", "Little Red Rooster", "Dust My Broom" and a few others (we had a pretty extensive set-list). I first did that years before with one of my earliest bands where I would do the first verse of "Turn Turn Turn" acoustically as Dylan did it and then fade, and then the band would "re-start" the tune intro'ing it then doing it like the Byrds' version. Anyway, just another way to maximize what you can get out of an acoustic guitar in a band-type setting.

[Loopsider]

thats a good idea, but im wondering if it only works with a band type situation. Were only a duet. heres i am thinking it will go(kinda influenced by Dadfads idea)
Acoustic intro with a sort of arpeggio intro. The acoustic guitar then stops and readies for the intro solo,then I immediately play Sustained arpeggios on piano, and while also doing the whistle part of the song with piano. Then the last note of the whistle intro happens, and i stop playing the piano and then put on my guitar and strum the first chord and then start singing