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Who is Steve? Brett called Sammy ... Steve at 8:47 lol

Use lighter strings and E flat tuning so you have some bending movement. I spent my formative years on a cutaway Yamaha acoustic with electric strings (46-10) and this is the origin of my skillset. A really good acoustic with really low action also helps a lot. If you regularly fight the instrument to ring out or hold a solid chord, as many do, and compensate by playing harder, that's the wrong guitar. Set it up so you're not battling the instrument. Also learn your licks on a 12 string. That's so damn hard a 6 string becomes so easy,

One thing that I find key to soloing on an acoustic is landing phrases on the beat. You can noodle around more freely on an electric, but for an acoustic where you don't have that kind of volume and sustain, it helps to have the support of the rhythm section especially when you hit a first or last note of a phrase. (It's pretty good on electric solos, too.)

Lovely stuff, guys. Getting big Dave Rawlings vibes. Rhett: do a feature on Dave Rawlings! One of the only guitarists I've seen live who gets gasps during solos and rapturous applause every time he finishes one! That concept of creating a story out of your solo is huge, and, Dave is a master of it. Keep up the great work: big fan of you both. Awesome collab!

Tony Rice: Backwaters...the entire album. You can definitely solo with authority on an acoustic guitar.,

Check out the band Orebolo for some amazing acoustic soloing. It's the acoustic project of 3 of the guys from Goose.

0:24 you mean "I kinda hate soloing on an acoustic because I cant hide my mistakes with a distortion/OD pedal". lol

I got a Taylor. It practically feel like an electric guitar. Not sponsored, lol!

Justin Johnson does it pretty good.

Kenneth Pattongale is a stone master... (along with David Rawling)!!

"I don't see many very players talking about" - just another way of saying "I've not played much other genres outside of indie-pop."

For having to fall to a backup plan, your basement studio looks great in these shots.

Epic stuff fellas! Thanks!! As someone who enjoys both the electric and acoustic side this was great info to think about and focus on doing in each soloing

Ive gigged acoustic professionally for 31 years, funny, i hate soloing on an electric and prefer acoustic because of the feel factor. You need to understand your acoustic instrument more than an electric because of lack of electric 'help'. Way more nuances on acoustic.

Molly Tuttle gets it. Great concepts.

….I didn’t know Mike Stern wasn’t a player…

Page solo on thank you is the ideel acoustic solo

I’ve found more success soloing on acoustic when I put down my pick.

As someone watching this on June 26th, 2024 I am super bummed lol. I’m assuming the ‘2 years ago’ sticker is April 1st from 2 years ago 😂

Hi boys, listen to Michael Hedges, Mike Dawes and Tommy Emanuel and it‘s like the sunrise, a phantastic world full of acoustic music!

Django is screaming from his grave

Who is Steve?! That's Sammy G! ❤

I thought greenbacks were used in Marshall cabs and they are often associated with Les Pauls which are humbuckers so... it's confusing.

The first regular paying gigs I had were playing Celtic folk and purely acoustic for a dinner crowd, no amp or mics, my guitar was a vintage arch top ,so you have to learn how to fill all the air , open strings and capo letting strings interact with each other like a harp type cascade

Stopping the song to make any kind of commentary is highly annoying. I just want to hear Julian play without the arm chair quarter back stuff interspersed every few seconds.

I hope you recorded a straight to tape song with Sammy G!

really it should be obvious that you rely on, and want more of, the resonance of an acoustic, it's what i love, i sit and sometimes just play open strings or a minor chord and let it ring.

Love to see Eastman getting some love!!

It’s not a coincidence the SG is using the solo from the Big Sciota as an example. The solos in Bluegrass songs nearly always use open strings to keep things ringing. The great Bluegrass players rip off solos that are just beautiful. Stay relaxed and fluid and the notes sound like butter.

Matthew Scott ‘where you been’ has got an awesome acoustic solo in the middle of a mostly electric guitar song. Second only to Turin brakes Underdog. Oh and maybe the goat more than words with the longer outro. Nuno always the man.

Love ya Rhett, but this doesn’t fly. Have you ever heard of Tony Rice just to name one.

Great video Guys!

Did anyone else go "OOooo theres thr minor" at 9:54?

What about open space notes like “Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd” that song is so iconic, there’s too much doodling and not enough single note playing.

I've always thought this was an interesting topic. I could never think of a good acoustic solo. Until that is, I heard old shoes (& picture postcards) by Tom Waits one day. Shep cooke plays an absolutely beautiful solo on acoustic guitar for that song, one of the best I've heard. I think that's the basis for a good solo on an acoustic, simple great feel, and not at all flashy

Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed playing together.

Great info, many electric players also allow too much string noise when playing acoustic. The open string emphasis helps a lot with that.

It’s bluegrass music. Dem boys been doing this for years. Thanks for bringing it up guys.

“If the World” by Guns N Roses “Ghost” by Buckethead

Solo in front of a crowd, give me an acoustic every time. 10 times the dynamic range of an electric carrier

Eeeey Sammi!

"What is this, a crossover episode?" Cool to see 2 channels I like collaborating

Billy mf Strings

Well and truly overpriced, you can get a copy from China for about $300, the look identical, p/ups can be changed tuners also, most guitars need a bit of fettling, until you are comfortable with it, my take, 😮😊😅

Some 8year old gypsys here in my house are laughing about your topic!!!!!

Only weak players hate soloing on a acoustic guitar!!! Only guitarrists with bad technique suck! Listen to Django ,guys!!!!l

HANDS OFF BOLIVIA. TO ALL INTERNATIONAL CITIZENS, EYES ON BOLIVIA.

1:27 unless you're Tommy Emmanuel :-P

I had the same experience.. except I just went ahead and bought it.. Sometimes, you just gotta believe.

Listen to some Gordon Giltrap.