Talk:Pull-off

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Why are pull-offs not generally played on acoustic guitars? Are they too hard to perform on an acoustic? If so (or whatever the reason), that should be added.

The article already says "Other than their use in producing passing tones, the use of pull-offs is largely confined to rock and heavy metal music, where overdriven amplifiers ensure the second tone remains audible.". I can't think of much to add to that. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 23:59, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

That would explain why I have so much trouble playing Wish You Were Here on my electric-acoustic. Thanks. Anthony DiPierro 00:06, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I was trying to get rid of the parentheses somehow, but I think I'll give up on this one. Anthony DiPierro 00:08, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Huh? I've been playing 6 & 12 string accoustic guitars for 30 years, and been using pull-offs all that time. (Bar maybe the first 12 months.) The above is nonsense.

I play pull-offs all the time on my acoustic. They are of course more amplified on an electric guitar, but so is everything else... Adam Bishop 01:47, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Seconding (thirding?) both of the above. In certain cases you may need to be more aggressive with a pull-off on an acoustic guitar, but that's as far as it goes IMHO. I actually started playing on an acoustic and had to "unlearn" my pull-off technique when I touched my first electric guitar. Too loud, and too much unforgiving noise from slightly touching adjacent strings. (Jedku (talk) 04:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC))