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The Feel of the strings (the tension is low in case of the electric guitar, compared to the acoustic one), the spacing of the frets (the frets are slightly farther apart in case of the electric guitar), the stem is slightly thiner compared to the box guitar. So the feel while playing diff and also the...
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The Feel of the strings (the tension is low in case of the electric guitar, compared to the acoustic one), the spacing of the frets (the frets are slightly farther apart in case of the electric guitar), the stem is slightly thiner compared to the box guitar. So the feel while playing diff and also the strumming styles will be different based on the effect used on the electric one and the chord shapes will be different, Since the strings are of low tension , bending and tremelo will be easy read less
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For electric you need to work more on muting while playing on high hain tones and for acoustic you would need a stronger fretting hand, bending is a little harder depending on string gauge. These are the major differences other than that they a pretty much similar technique wise. Oh yes no whammy bars...
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For electric you need to work more on muting while playing on high hain tones and for acoustic you would need a stronger fretting hand, bending is a little harder depending on string gauge. These are the major differences other than that they a pretty much similar technique wise. Oh yes no whammy bars on an acoustic 😅 read less
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Basics are similar but holding,playing styles,tonality etc are different
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