harvey Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Phil Keaggy's great acoustic playing was mentioned in another thread...he's also a fantastic electric player. Which other players are known and admired on both electric and acoustic? Tommy Emmanual - who has been a household name down here since the 80s - springs to mind...although his success in the US and Europe in recent years has been based on his unbelievable solo acoustic shows. Who else? Guitar Speak Podcast www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com https://www.facebook.com/guitarspeakpodcast www.itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreySeraph Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Michael Hedges, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Carl Verheyen, Ben Verdery are all good places to start with. Maybe also Lee Ritenour, Michael Chapdelaine (sorta), and Steve Vai (again sorta) My Gear: 82 Gibson Explorer Ibanez 03 JEM7VWH PRS McCarty Soapbar Diezel Herbert 2007 Peters '11 Brahms Guitar Byers '01 Classical Hippner 8-Str Classical Taylor 614ce Framus Texan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Adrian Legg Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Biscuit Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Steve Howe Robert Fripp Steve Hackett Daevid Allen real men just jam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEHpicker Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Duane Allman Eric Clapton SEHpicker The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." George Orwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 All of the greats have probably excelled on both... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarjamr Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Steve Morse is a master at both!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Jerry Garcia Jimmy Page Ry Cooder Eric Johnson Jerry Reed Glen Campbell Ben Harper Keb Mo' Kerry Livgren Nils Lofgrin Neil Young Stephen Stills Joe Walsh Don Felder Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I hate to sound like a broken record, but, John McLaughlin Steve Miller Jan Akkerman Daryl Strutmeyer Johnny Winter And as much as I don't care for his electric style, I can't knock Eddie Van Halen's success, plus I recall hearing him do a fine job acoustically, too Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreySeraph Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 All of the greats have probably excelled on both... The backstreet boys never played electric guitar... My Gear: 82 Gibson Explorer Ibanez 03 JEM7VWH PRS McCarty Soapbar Diezel Herbert 2007 Peters '11 Brahms Guitar Byers '01 Classical Hippner 8-Str Classical Taylor 614ce Framus Texan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPlayerFL Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Carl Verheyen A Jazz/Chord Melody Master-my former instructor www.robertconti.com (FKA GuitarPlayerSoCal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 "All the greats have excelled at both." I'm not sure I quite agree. Lots of guys play one excellently and another WELL, but that's not the same thing, is it? One I can think of is Clarence White, who not excelled at both but had a unique style and was highly influential at both. I have a CD of Robben Ford playing acoustic guitar on a CD with his band. It's not bad at all, the playing is fine, but he doesn't have that great TONE. Allan Holdworth recorded a beautiful instrumental called "Home" (English pubs it appears) where the rhythm parts are electric and he plays a very nice solo on acoustic guitar - wish he'd do it more - fat chance he'd listen to ME, though, LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 John Jorgenson... and at several styles on each! Richard Thompson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 and Andy Summers... he has degree in classical guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Hoople Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 If you ever get a chance check out Joe Bonamassa. Saw him live last year and he just blew me away; not just on electric, but a great acoustic set also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydog Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Wow. I was afraid no one was going to mention Richard Thompson. I have seen him play both acoustic and electric gigs, and to my mind, he is beyond exceptional at both. I also agree that not everyone is good at both acoustic and electric. A lot of guys who are good electric players are dead boring on acoustic. Hate on me if you must, but I hear very little about Eric Clapton's acoustic playing that makes me interested. His electric playing can't be faulted (when he's on his game). But acoustic, MEH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Man, I thought his acoustic playing on unplugged was pretty damn good! "Let me stand next to your fire!", Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 All of the greats have probably excelled on both... The backstreet boys never played electric guitar... didn't know that they were one of the greats on acoustics...I guess one could say django never got his chance on a strat or an LP...but I would wager it would sound great with him playing either one... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 "All the greats have excelled at both." I'm not sure I quite agree. Lots of guys play one excellently and another WELL, but that's not the same thing, is it? One I can think of is Clarence White, who not excelled at both but had a unique style and was highly influential at both. I have a CD of Robben Ford playing acoustic guitar on a CD with his band. It's not bad at all, the playing is fine, but he doesn't have that great TONE. Allan Holdworth recorded a beautiful instrumental called "Home" (English pubs it appears) where the rhythm parts are electric and he plays a very nice solo on acoustic guitar - wish he'd do it more - fat chance he'd listen to ME, though, LOL. It's probably true that the greats have more interest in one over the other and maybe they can only excel on one or the other...but I'll bet most of them can make any guitar sound good... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I thought Clapton's acoustic work on "Change The World" was pretty good. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted December 8, 2010 Share Posted December 8, 2010 Caplton's unplugged Layla and the rest of the album was pretty darn good too...IMHO. Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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