How to Sound Good on Electric Guitar (for acoustic players)

You are honestly one of the greatest contet creaters for guitar out there. From my POV, you gave the same teaching abilties as creaters Like marty, lessons 365, music is a win, and of course active melody.

Excellent. My brother and I were just talking last night about this. He's a die-hard bluegrass player, but he revealed that he once bought a Strat -- shocking! He'd just gotten a bonus and had a little money to burn. His conclusion after struggling with the Start was that acoustic is about playing the instrument, but electric is about managing the gear (and playing the instrument). I think a lot of what you say here supports that.

As one of the first people to ask for this vid when your released that, “acoustic guitar for electric players” thank you greatly, Sir.

You're becoming one of not just my favorite guitar teachers, but favorite youtubers period. You're getting really creative with your video ideas, which are not only very useful but just enjoyable to watch guitarist or no. All I can say is keep this up and I can only see bigger and better things for you. These are very thoughtful and creative lessons. Thanks so much for what you do, Eric!

This is priceless information for anyone not just acoustic players. I remember an interview with Keith Richard years ago when he said "silence is my palette" and agree absolutely that rhythm guitar is the important stuff. It's what makes people dance.

This is an excellent video for even experienced guitar players. This dude is an excellent teacher.

“This transfers back to acoustic as well”, yes, the playing smaller parts thing definitely does. If you’re playing acoustic in any kind of band situation, you need to be aware of the people around you so you don’t use up all the oxygen for yourself.

This is one of those videos, I’m probably going to watch a dozen times. A lot of knowledge in there 👍 thanks a lot

I would like to commend you on how you present your videos. Starting with the thumbnails which are immediately recognizable that it's you even though we don't see the face, the almost lush setting of the videos and your calm presentation. Very stylish without being stylish!

Outstanding lesson! I primarily play acoustic and tomorrow plan to play fills on an electric at a family jam session/party. These tips definitely are helpful. Thanks again!!!

you're killing it with my favorites and the tone is right on for all the parts...

And another great video! Thanks, man! Been playing for 18 years now and just love your videos. It's like talking to a jam buddy while so many other Youtube-guitareros come along like really smart-a**es but actually they're just teaching BS. So keep going and I will keep coming back!

Been awhile bro .. Great to see you back ..

Eric this is such a great idea for a video. I wish I had seen this a couple of decades ago when I made the transition from acoustic to electric!

This is the advice I wish I had when first started playing electric guitar. You hit all the important skills and techniques. Nice! Along the lines of less is more, I've been realizing that small guitar parts often function the same way as horn lines in an R&B arrangement.

You're quickly becoming my fav YouTube destination. Thanks for the deep yet very accessible insight.

Yet another great video. I played a ton of acoustic and only played electric sporadically. Now I'm playing it a lot and the things you're talking about made a big difference. I have a slight difference of opinion on exercises. Even if I've played guitar for a long time, many things are new to me. In that sense I'm a beginner to that thing whatever it is. An exercise is useful to get it into my fingers. After that, I often start to make a lot more progress on the repertoire. For example, I've been working on improving my thumb in fingerstyle. Exercises that isolate my thumb have been really important to help me figure out what mistakes I was making.

I love ‘fur’ as a tone adjective.

I’m a acoustic rhythm player and have been struggling with my electric guitar since I got it,this should help me out quite a bit. Thanks

Great stuff, as always, Eric! Thanks for it. My sons--newbie-ish acoustic players--are beginning to explore the electric now, too. They learned a lot from you here (when learning from their Old Man is so un-cool, of course). Gotta love those "It's so expressive that you gotta play it carefully and really think ahead" realizations.