Klaus wrote
Acoustics just have that something, dare I say that character that I dont seem to find in electrics. Maybe one day!!
But that's why we have acoustics and electrics. They don't do the same things. I think I'm seen, fondly, as the arch-folkie on GFSA. Actually I like electric guitar and listen to a lot of stuff with loud electric guitars and even (gasp!) solos.
I play only acoustics because I have no useful use for an electric. For the bits of playing that I do it's nearly all solo, nearly all fingerpicked, and I don't want to lug an amp or even a pod around. If my little adventures into home recording start to take up more time I might get an electric, but for the time being it'd be wasted. I actually had one a while back, a Squier tele. I got this when my left hand started getting painful and stiff, figuring that the lighter strings would make life easier for me. But it was carpal tunnel syndrome and the lighter strings made no difference at all.
I do think they are quite different instruments. I find it interesting that not all great acoustic players are great on electric and vice versa. Clapton, for example, is pretty good on acoustic, but special on electric. Bruce Cockburn is special on acoustic, OK on electric. You do get players who shine on both - Stephen Stills, Jimmy Page, Richard Thompson - but I think they're a distinct subset.
