There’s an easy trick: Turn down the volume. The slightly muddy, distorted sound of electric guitar chords that you get with your amp turned up and your guitar volume at 9 are great for playing chunky rock progressions and creating a powerful wall of sound. But what if you’re playing a song that has an intricate fingerpicking part or one that calls for rapid, strong strumming on a solid body electric? In those situations the strings blending together will be working against you.
To get a guitar sound that resembles an acoustic guitar on your solid body electric, turn down the volume on the guitar itself, and make up the lost amplitude by turning your amp up. [more…]