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Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi
It gives different chord voicings.
Richie's playing the open chords so if Jon's playing the exact same voicings it would either get muddy in the mix or the strumming rythmns would clash.
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They do that on many other songs, though. Why just choose this.
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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi
I've always wondered the same, agreed. Playing it on an electric is as pointless a move as adding an acoustic to Last Man Standing.
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The acoustic on Last Man Standing is more pointless, actually. That song screams for another electric guitar, and Jon adds quite the opposite.
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Originally Posted by lukather1
Plenty of guitarists (some of the best in the world) have used an electric with an acoustic simulator, some examples include john petrucci, dann huff and steve lukather.
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I know plenty do it, I'm just wondering why. If he's got an electric, use it as an electric. But the song requires an acoustic part, so he should play it on acoustic.