Guitar World

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An electric acoustic guitar is just a acoustic guitar with a built in pick up so you can plug it into a amp or pa. An regular acoustic cannot plug in to a amp and be amplified except using a microphone to mic to the guitar.

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No matter what guitar you buy, you’re probably going to wish you’d bought a different one. It’s the nature of things.

That said, I have zero experience with Johnson guitars (never heard of them). But I’ve played some good Samicks and Corts. Then there’s the low-end Epiphones and Squires (owned by Gibson and Fender, respectively). Of course, if you’d like to try something totally different, you may look at an Applause by Ovation — they have a round, Lycra back, which greatly changes the feel of them. Although a bit of warning: people generally either love or loathe round-back guitars; there’s very little middle-ground.

The key is to play as many as you can lay your hands on and find out which guitar feels the most comfortable in your hands; if it’s not comfortable to play, then you’re never going to play it. Then eventually you can move up and get a Gibson, Taylor, or Martin (the real King of the Acoustic Guitar).

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It depends – are you going to use it mainly plugged in or acoustic? If you already have a good acoustic then it’s plugged in sound is the most important, right? Takamine makes some laminate top guitars with their premium pick-up system (Nt4, I think) – they sound weak acoustically but sound perfect plugged in. If you want the best of both worlds, try the Alvarez Artist Series – you get a choice of body styles and woods and a great pick-up system (Sys 600). You can plug a mic into the system. Going up the $$$ scale, Taylor’s expression system sounds great, as does the Fishman Aura system that Martin uses on some guitars. I would avoid the standard systems on Epiphones and Ibanez etc – they sound too electric. Make sure you try them out with the type of amplifier or PA you are going to use – it makes a big difference, some pick-up systems have an “exciter” to make guitar amps sound more acoustic.
In a band situation, mic systems always seem to feed back – I would use one only if you play solo – or maybe a duo with low volume monitors. Good Luck

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There are two types of acoustic… Steel stringed and classical or Spanish style nylon stringed… But there are also steel stringed electric/acoustic guitars. Acoustics rely on the body cavity to amplify the sound and resonate through the tone wood.

Electric guitars are either semi-hollow or solid bodied and rely on the magnetic pickups to translate the string vibration into an electric signal for an amplifier to “amplify” and send through a speaker or 2 or 4 or… The guitar/amp instrument of course gives you a lot of playability options with tone and distortion, reverb, etc…

Being able to play either type of guitar usually translates to playing any other, but… A lot people have bad habits that are masked by the nature of the electric guitar, and won’t be when they play acoustic. So to go from acoustic to electric I would argue is easier.

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The only difference between an electric guitar strap and an acoustic guitar strap is that you must first plug in the electric guitar strap.

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