need advice

**Hooahguy** · 10-14-2009, 20:10

ok so heres the problem:
so as some of you know im in a band. me (lead guitar), a rhythm guitarist, a bassist and a drummer.
now, the rhythm guitarist has an acoustic. now, its kinda obvious what the main problem is.
you cant hear him over the amps and the drums. at all. its as if he wasnt playing in the first place
and he has little intention of buying a electric guitar, and a PA system for his acoustic costs a lot.

i feel as if, at least for the guitar part, im carrying all the weight. ive talked to him about it and he just mumbles something and walks away.
i really have no idea what to do. one thought is to kick him out of the band but then again, hes also my best friend so i dont want to have to do that.
anyone have any advice?

**Csargo** · 10-14-2009, 22:29

Talk to the bassist and drummer and see what they think about this. I only see a few options.

Buy him an electric guitar, which I wouldn't recommend. Or everyone chips in to get him one.
Give him an ultimatum to either get another guitar or leave the band because it's not working out.

You can get fairly cheap guitars, which may not be the best quality but I assume they'll work for the short term. By the sound of it he's not very commited, so I'm not sure anything will work. Hope that helped.

Also, Hooah you listen to metal right? An accoustic guitar seems like a terrible choice if he's into the same music as you for playing in a band that is.

**Hooahguy** · 10-15-2009, 00:56

Originally Posted by Ichigo

Talk to the bassist and drummer and see what they think about this. I only see a few options.

Buy him an electric guitar, which I wouldn't recommend. Or everyone chips in to get him one.
Give him an ultimatum to either get another guitar or leave the band because it's not working out.

You can get fairly cheap guitars, which may not be the best quality but I assume they'll work for the short term. By the sound of it he's not very commited, so I'm not sure anything will work. Hope that helped.

Also, Hooah you listen to metal right? An accoustic guitar seems like a terrible choice if he's into the same music as you for playing in a band that is.

well we actually play anything (for instance we just learned Crushcrushcrush by Paramore, and once again i carried the entire guitar part of the song on my shoulders), but personally i play Metal. hes into pretty much anything, even techno.

**SwordsMaster** · 10-15-2009, 01:58

Isn't the whole point of amps to be able to tune them to whatever you want? Can you not just tone down slightly the rest of the band?

**Strike For The South** · 10-15-2009, 03:10

Throw it in his sister.

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 10-15-2009, 03:31

Originally Posted by SwordsMaster

Isn't the whole point of amps to be able to tune them to whatever you want? Can you not just tone down slightly the rest of the band?

The problem is drums only have one volume and acoustic guitars do not approach that.

**drone** · 10-15-2009, 03:40

Who is the vocalist?

**Lord Winter** · 10-15-2009, 04:50

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

well we actually play anything (for instance we just learned Crushcrushcrush by Paramore, and once again i carried the entire guitar part of the song on my shoulders), but personally i play Metal. hes into pretty much anything, even techno.

An acoustic guitar isn't always incompatible with metal. There are plenty of bands that use them. Now if you want to play thrash(which I'm guessing you are from you love of mettalica) it will be harder to incorperate in. All in all, it you just have to be creative if you really want to make it work musically. Soundwise he's going to have to buy a mike which you should be able to find for a relatively decent price.

I don't really get how you can carry the entire guitar part of the song. Most bands really only write one guitar line so you should be able to drop a second guitarist if needed.