Last Month, I ran a poll asking my readers about their favorite guitar type.
The results are quite interesting and it really heartened me to see that people still prefer to start learning guitar with an acoustic version rather than an electric one.
Acoustic Guitar clearly dominated with 254 of the 411 people opting for acoustic while 63 people chose electric guitar. 82 people are good with both acoustic as well as electric which is a positive sign.
I have always told my readers to start learning with an acoustic guitar. This helps them to get a good idea about playing guitar and helps avoid getting wrong habits which is quite to easy to obtain from an electric guitar. Moreover, transition from acoustic to electric guitar is much simpler than the reverse way.
Another reason why acoustic is preferred is because it doesn’t require any setup. Just pick it up and start playing. The results also indicate that people tend to learn guitar usually to accompany their solitude rather than joining a rock band, at least among my readers. Either way, it is good.
I would like to have your views on this. Why do you think Acoustic has won over Electric? Is there any need of change for it? Post away in the comments section.
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I feel that acoustics are harder to play initially than electric because of heavier strings and higher action. For a beginner, its harder to get a good clean sound out of an acoustic and fingers start hurting sooner. Unless a person is really motivated, it is more likely he will give up on an acoustic. Electrics are far more forgiving. With a little distortion, everything sounds good :/ While I agree there is risk of developing bad habits if there is no guidance, I still think that is better than just giving up on the instrument.
As regards playing a guitar in your solitude, electrics aren’t that bad unplugged. I do most of my practice with my electric unplugged and its mostly loud enough.
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With right guidance from a proper teacher at the starting level, it is absolutely possible to master an acoustic guitar without losing motivation. And then one can go on to electric or other kinds of guitar.
Another reason why I recommend starting with acoustic is because those who start with electric often miss the beauty of an acoustic and never really turn back to it. That saddens me.
In short, if you can play acoustic, you can play any guitar but the same cannot be said for electric guitar.
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