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Electric acoustic guitars are steel string guitars which are fitted with pickups rather than using a separate microphone like an acoustic model. An acoustic electric guitar belongs to the acoustic family rather than electric guitar family. A hollow body electric guitar is something else altogether - they are electric guitars that have been fitted with hollow sound chambers. The guitar is popular and well known throughout the world. It can be used to play many genres of music such as rock and roll, pop, jazz, Latin blues and a lot more. An acoustic guitar features a round sound hole. An electric acoustic guitar is also made of wood and has six strings and has a sound hole. In order for an electric guitar to be played, it has to be plugged in. This is one of the main differences between an electric guitar and an acoustic electric guitar. With an acoustic electric model, you have the option of plugging it in or not. When you plug an electric acoustic guitar in, it sounds great. Electric guitars have many knobs but an acoustic electric guitar has the flexibility of being able to be played as either kind. Electric guitars have softer strings. When a string vibrates it produces a vibration of a certain frequency. The frequency at which it vibrates depends on the length, weight and tension of that string. The main body of the guitar absorbs the vibration of the strings and sends the sound into the air. This is the sound you can hear when the guitar string is played. An acoustic guitar has a sound hole that amplifies the sound of the vibrations that the strings cause. If the guitar had no sound hole, it would be almost impossible to hear anything, like is the case with a solid body electric guitar. To change the sound that is heard, you need to alter the length of the string, which is altering the tension. To do this, you need to press down on the string over any fret and play it. Doing this will change the vibration frequency, which is turn changes the sound that is heard. The sound made by an acoustic electric guitar when it is not plugged in is the same sound as you can get by playing an acoustic guitar. When it is plugged it, it sounds like an electric guitar. If you want both types of guitar or can not decide between the two, it could be your best bet to invest in an acoustic electric guitar so you can choose which type you want to play at which time, depending on your mood or your music.Back to the Electric Guitar Types page
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