Other than the obvious that the acoustic/electric can be plugged in. If it were unplugged would it sound the same as a regular acoustic guitar? In other words, if I had an acoustic guitar and the same model of the guitar came out as acoustic/electric would they sound/play the same unplugged?
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they are the same guitar, the only difference is that acoustic/electric has a pickup, jack, etc. They will sound the same acoustically
I believe theres acoustic/electric and electric/acoustic. I’ll explain both. Acoustic/electric is obviously and acoustic guitar FIRST and has electric guitar capabilites as a few added perks, so it will sound the same as a similar ‘straight up acoustic’ guitar. It won’t, however have the same power or distortion capabilities as an electric guitar when u plug it in. Electric/acoustic is also known as a ‘hollowbody’, its and electric guitar FIRST, so it will have more presence when plugged in and has the access to the higher frets, but doesn’t sound as good unplugged as an acoustic. hope i helped
The only difference is that the acoustic electric has a build in pickup, electronics, and of course an output jack where the end pin normally goes. But when played unplugged it sounds identical to the same model without the pickup and electronics. There are some who claim that there are subtle differences between the two based upon the effect of the electronics but I’ve not been able to hear them and in any case there are always subtle differences between two guitars, even two of the same make and model.