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Acoustic guitars are really wonderful things - I couldn’t be happier with my decision to get an acoustic guitar. Of course, I didn’t really get it for myself… it was Santa Claus… but I am still pretty happy with this guitar buying decision.

Lots of people say electric guitars are easier to play than acoustic guitars are…

However, it is pretty hard to bring an electric guitar along on a river trip. Actually, I suppose it would be pretty easy to bring it along - they are smaller than acoustic guitars, so they would pack better. However, if you are sitting around the campfire, no one would be able to hear you playing unless your brought an amp… and a really long extension cord.

Now don’t get me wrong about this whole acoustic guitar thing… I imagine that I will eventually be getting an electric guitar as well. Maybe next Christmas. But right now I am sticking with an acoustic. I want to be able to sit around in my living room strumming the guitar… and going and hooking up an amp somehow doesn’t fit into that for me. For the style and the times that I want to play, an acoustic guitar is the thing for me.

Now the real question is WHICH acoustic guitar. As I have written eslewhere, I am really happry with my Walden D610. But I could definitely see getting another acoustic sometime. Like a nice Taylor… or maybe one of those carbon fibers so I don’t have to worry about the guitar on my river trips.