Originally Posted by: LordathestringsAcoustic: relaxing? :confused:

A big reason that Pete Townsend is such a noticeable influence on my own music is that he showed me how much emotional power can be wrought with an acoustic guitar. Mellow? I think not, sir. See how how much chillin' you can do to the mellow strains of "Magic Bus" or "Behind Blue Eyes".

Yup. Good point. Plenty of kick-butt music has been done on an acoustic. I have a Collective Soul CD of acoustic versions of some of their songs and some of the tracks really do blast. Neil Young, Dylan, The Beatles, The Stones...etc. The list is long.