[gutterfly]

Mmkay, so I'm definitely an acoustic guitarist. Its all I play, and I've hardly ever touched my electric for the 6 months I've had it.
Now, my friend just let me borrow his distortion pedal, so I decided to tune up my electric and see what I can do. Unfortunately, after quickly learning Cat Scratch Fever and Smoke on the Water, and messing around with both, I have no idea what to do with the thing. I've got no problems with doing some improvisation and songwriting on my acoustic, but the electric just feels different, and its so completely foreign, I've got no idea what to do with it.

How do I build the bridge for the acoustic to electric gap?

[goldrush]

Join the club....I have an entirely different approach for electric guitar vs. acoustic. Sometimes I think they're different instruments. My acoustic reportoire is much more extensive (since it's almost all I play) than what I play on electric.

Well, I guess I haven't helped you bridge the acoustic/electric gap, but at least you know you're not alone.

[Steve Vai]

challenge yourself a bit more..

i usually play my acoustic whne i have friends over or whne i'm relaxing on the couch..

my electric is a diferent story.. i play it almost everyday (alot less now) and i tend to find new things that will keep me nterested.

[jshrel24]

yea i understand, i feel like mine is completely different too. Some ppl just dont understand, but it is. Anyway throw the leccy on clean and see what u can come up with.

[igorski]

I hardly play the electric too, just for recording.

I mostly dick about on a classical nylon-strung guitar, but I treat it as if it was electric, i.e.: bending strings and stuff, weird but it works.

[Matt1911]

How do I build the bridge for the acoustic to electric gap?

instead of overdriven/distortion tunes,try some with a clean/jazzy sound

[wannalearn01]

I ended up selling my electric just for this matter. I was inbetween and was getting frusturated playing both...so I picked acoustic and went with it.

I figure that I should try and learn ONE instrument before I should worry about learning more than that. I also picked the acoustic because I knew I wouldn't be tempted to buy a peddle or two and then slack off and not learn but just "jam" on the electric...with electric it is too easy to hook up a peddle and just make loudness, not music

But as said above...if you want to LEARN on the electric, stay wawy from peddles they make it too easy to not learn anything new.


T^roy

This post has been edited by wannalearn01: 01 June 2004 - 08:19 AM

[jshrel24]

I ended up selling my electric just for this matter. I was inbetween and was getting frusturated playing both...so I picked acoustic and went with it.

I figure that I should try and learn ONE instrument before I should worry about learning more than that. I also picked the acoustic because I knew I wouldn't be tempted to buy a peddle or two and then slack off and not learn but just "jam" on the electric...with electric it is too easy to hook up a peddle and just make loudness, not music 

But as said above...if you want to LEARN on the electric, stay wawy from peddles they make it too easy to not learn anything new.


T^roy

meh...only peddle that really does that is distortion. I think you can make some really cool sounds, and do a lot of creative things with peddles. Not just make noise.

[rex-7]

Start with a book on theory and scales for the electric. You can practice this on the acoustic as well as it should enrich everything you have to do with the guitar.

I am planning on setting up a makeshift recording studio in my basement and recording myself playing chords (blues style) and then just practicing some soloing over top of it with the scales I've picked up.

Yup.

[wannalearn01]

I ended up selling my electric just for this matter. I was inbetween and was getting frusturated playing both...so I picked acoustic and went with it.

I figure that I should try and learn ONE instrument before I should worry about learning more than that. I also picked the acoustic because I knew I wouldn't be tempted to buy a peddle or two and then slack off and not learn but just "jam" on the electric...with electric it is too easy to hook up a peddle and just make loudness, not music 

But as said above...if you want to LEARN on the electric, stay wawy from peddles they make it too easy to not learn anything new.


T^roy

meh...only peddle that really does that is distortion. I think you can make some really cool sounds, and do a lot of creative things with peddles. Not just make noise.

"Peddles are made to accent music, not create it."

Most people who have trouble playing a electric, have trouble playing it with a peddle too.

T^roy

[wannalearn01]

Start with a book on theory and scales for the electric. You can practice this on the acoustic as well as it should enrich everything you have to do with the guitar.

I am planning on setting up a makeshift recording studio in my basement and recording myself playing chords (blues style) and then just practicing some soloing over top of it with the scales I've picked up.

Yup. 

I heard this one guy playing the acoustic with synthsized(sp?) beats that he burned on a cd...all he did was tossed some of the blues scale onto it in between beats and kept up the tempo with the beats. It sounded wicked cool...you could also try that some.

t^roy

[rex-7]

Start with a book on theory and scales for the electric. You can practice this on the acoustic as well as it should enrich everything you have to do with the guitar.

I am planning on setting up a makeshift recording studio in my basement and recording myself playing chords (blues style) and then just practicing some soloing over top of it with the scales I've picked up.

Yup. 

I heard this one guy playing the acoustic with synthsized(sp?) beats that he burned on a cd...all he did was tossed some of the blues scale onto it in between beats and kept up the tempo with the beats. It sounded wicked cool...you could also try that some.

t^roy

Yeah... I've heard good things about powertabs too. I am going to have to check that out. I CAN'T WAIT to get the new computer working.

[wannalearn01]

Start with a book on theory and scales for the electric. You can practice this on the acoustic as well as it should enrich everything you have to do with the guitar.

I am planning on setting up a makeshift recording studio in my basement and recording myself playing chords (blues style) and then just practicing some soloing over top of it with the scales I've picked up.

Yup. 

I heard this one guy playing the acoustic with synthsized(sp?) beats that he burned on a cd...all he did was tossed some of the blues scale onto it in between beats and kept up the tempo with the beats. It sounded wicked cool...you could also try that some.

t^roy

Yeah... I've heard good things about powertabs too. I am going to have to check that out. I CAN'T WAIT to get the new computer working.

Yea, I have one that is sitting in my living room collecting dust. But I am picking up a new software package and I am going to wipe the disk and start from scratch...have a computer just for playing/writing music, and keeping track of my progress. Not much else I can do with it until I get internet at home...

T^roy

[gutterfly]

ahem...hijacked thread.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I'll lay off the distortion for a while and try playing the jazzy and blusey stuff I know I can play and see what happens.

[rex-7]

Hehe. Sorry.

What I was trying to say was: Try recording a chord progression and then solo over top.

Computer or tape players work.

Check this site out too, I've heard a lot of good about it and it will more than likely help you out! http://www.powertabs.com/

[wannalearn01]

ahem...hijacked thread.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback.  I'll lay off the distortion for a while and try playing the jazzy and blusey stuff I know I can play and see what happens.

Sorry buddy,

"Practice the electric more often"

How's that for a bridge...

Like any new instrument/lightly played instrument...it takes a while before you're accustom to the different action, string tentions, and overall playability. Also your not able to do the same things on a elctric that you do on an acoustic...not all things "cross-over", but usually techniques do...

T^roy