Is The Guitar The Coolest Musical Instrument Of All?
Among musical instruments, the age-old battle between the drum set and the guitar rages on. There’s a primal feeling about bashing on a drum set but there’s a more sublime satisfaction when learning to play any kind of guitar, acoustic or electric, really well. The question among men always is, when it comes to instruments; ‘Is the guitar the coolest musical instrument of all?’
At any rate, it can get pretty tiring trying to carry around a drum set on one’s back when being able to carry around any acoustic or electric guitar is a breeze. It’s certainly done its part to entice men and boys into trying to pick it up and learn to play it. In fact, even one of those big and bulky dreadnought acoustic guitar setups sings a siren song of attraction to most guys.
In addition to all of the guitar’s physical attractions, there seems to be something metaphysical to it, as well. Certainly women seem to feel it, as most of them admit that a guy who knows how to play guitar is — even when he’s really not — a bit more interesting. It may not be that they’re all that attracted to the guy, but the sounds coming from the guitar certainly have an effect.
Look at an Alvarez acoustic guitar and wonder at its beauty and precision. Keep looking at it and wonder, as well, why even the most ham-handed man goes weak at the knees at the sight of it and the thought of learning to play it like it’s meant to be played. In truth, something like . 0001% of all men on the planet will ever come close to being able to play that instrument in such a manner, but the hope remains.
Guitars have really come to dominate cultural music perspective over the last half-century from the time when Chuck Berry first started duck walking across the stage to the sweet sounds of a melodic rendition of ‘Johnny B. Goode.’ And though the whole Chuck Berry thing is meant to be humorous, it’s still true that a guy sitting around with even an acoustic guitar eventually tries to figure out the opening run to that song, no matter his age.
This is what’s ultimately attractive about guitars, whether they are acoustic or electric; they just sound nice and they look equally as nice. Go to a music store and select a really nice Takamine acoustic guitar and give it a run. Get good enough at it and then transfer that skill over to a Gibson or a Fender and really let them wail. Guys that can do so think the world is their oyster, as a matter of fact.
Taken altogether, it’s hard to dispute that the guitar holds a prime place in the world of music. Certainly, it grabs hold of many boys and men in a way that even the most beautiful leather baseball glove can never do. There’s just something about picking up a guitar, no matter if it’s an acoustic or an electric, that helps people feel better about themselves and about the people around them, and that’s a good thing in the end.
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