Just played my first strat....

satansbedbugs

Ive been playing acoustic for about a year now, and getting better not great yet, but that will come.. I played my first strat tonight ( thanks JD SAL ) and sounded decent. I tell you what its a big difference adjusting from an acoustic.. And I think I like it. Just thought id share with the group. I still like the acoustic sound better.lol sbbb

xtremehardy388

I like strat necks since they aren't as fat or thick-keep in mind I have tiny hands though...

lucylespian

The acoustic will sound better until you stop playing the Strat like an acoustic and play it like an electric. Two quite different styles really, though they merge more as you get better at both.
Electrics need to have unwanted strings muted or they ring like a bastard, and open chords take some boldness on electrics.
Everything gets amplified, including mistakes.
Did you play through tube or solid state ??

enharmonic

IMO, you will be MUCH better off transitioning from acoustic to electric than you would have been transitioning from electric to acoustic. If I had it all to do again, I would have started with acoustic too. There are things you can get away with on an electric that if they become part of your technique, will give you fits on an acoustic.

Congrats on the Strat. Now, try a Tele

satansbedbugs

Yeah, I noticed that when I picked it up for the first time. It felt really weird at first. Really heavy, and thin. I noticed my fingers were just a bit overwhelmed with the closeness of the strings and I caught myself a few times hitting the wrong strings on the D chord. After a while , I got better but Im still a fan of the plugged in acoustic. And at first I was trying to play the strat like an acoustic with all the strumming motions and things like that. Since Im getting a new hybrid Taylor soon, I think ill wait on the electric for a year or two.. That way itll be less of a transition later...thanks for the opinions

harrisonmerwin

xtremehardy388 wrote:

I like strat necks since they aren't as fat or thick-keep in mind I have tiny hands though...

i have fairly large hands, and the strat necks are beautiful, i play a mike/jimi/john frush style of guitar (thumb over) so the slimmer neck is a beauty for that

lucylespian

satansbedbugs wrote:

Yeah, I noticed that when I picked it up for the first time. It felt really weird at first. Really heavy, and thin. I noticed my fingers were just a bit overwhelmed with the closeness of the strings and I caught myself a few times hitting the wrong strings on the D chord. After a while , I got better but Im still a fan of the plugged in acoustic. And at first I was trying to play the strat like an acoustic with all the strumming motions and things like that. Since Im getting a new hybrid Taylor soon, I think ill wait on the electric for a year or two.. That way itll be less of a transition later...thanks for the opinions

Are you getting a T5 Thinline ??