Acoustic Musings

Hmm.

Many people seem to underestimate the power of the acoustic guitar.

Next to the harmonica and possibly the smallest piano imaginable, the acoustic guitar is absolutely the most vesatile musical instrument to ever come into existence.

The acoustic guitar has the ability to captivate an audience in the right hands, and with the right people, has the ability to make you laugh, dance, sing, or even cry.

Come to think of it, sometimes when you look around and hear people talk about the world's greatest guitarists, the names of Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Beck and Santana often appear. If you look (or hear) closer, you'll realise the only person amongst these few guitar 'Gods' who is really innovative on the acoustic is really Jimmy Page, but there're loads more guitarists out there who are understated, like Nick Drake, Keith Richards, George Harrison, and the like.

The acoustic guitar is, in itself a wonerful personification of the travelling musician, and it also allows itself to be blended in with other instruments to create that sonic landscape, solid boom-chick behinda banjo or simply just cascading notes to sooth the ear.

Already manipulated into formats such as Nashville tunings, twelve-string and seven-string, along with alternate tunings, the acoustic guitar is still being emulated in vain by other instruments such as it's electric counterpart, electric organs, etc. However, due to it's everlasting quality for providing that certain tone and feel in one's ears, the acoustic will never go out of style, and even more so, when trees run out.

Cheers,

Crawldaddy