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When you started your musical career you bought yourself a cheap electric guitar, or a cheap acoustic guitar. After much practice you have now progressed to where you are now an intermediate to good guitar player and are ready for the next step.
The first question you ask yourself is, “should I spend alot of money and get myself a really good electric guitar”, my answer is not necessarily. If you are one of the fortunate people who have thousands of dollars to spend, then I say be my guest and go buy one of the great guitars that are manufactured by one of the big names in the industry. If you fall in the majority of people that don’t have alot of extra money to burn there are alternatives.
Whether you interest is in electric guitars, acoustic guitars, or bass guitars, you get what you pay for. As I stated before when you started you picked up a cheap electric guitar because you weren’t sure if you were going to stay with it but now are ready to move on. Depending upon how cheap a guitar you bought, if it was at the low end you can step up to a much better knock-off guitar, again you get what you pay for, the more money you spend the better the finish, pick-ups and other things might be. If you already purchased one of the higher end knock-offs you can consider gutting it in favor of better pick-ups from Fender or Gibson and improving its sound.
For decades the sound of electric guitars has dominated the zeitgeist of popular rock music, but recently there has been a shift to mellower, acoustic sounds. The change started occurring near the end of the grunge era, when bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains participated in MTV’s acoustic program Unplugged. When these quintessential grunge bands whipped out their acoustic guitars, fans began to have an appreciation for the toned down sound.
Today there is a litany of new bands emerging that exclusively play acoustic music, many of which have been received with critical acclaim. One of the most highly touted albums of the last year is the self-titled release by The xx, which features a distinctive minimalistic acoustic sound. Other successful acoustic groups to emerge in recent years include Bon Iver and the Fleet Foxes.