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In general, they're thicker gauge and under higher tension. ================== Also, acoustic Guitars are much shorter, so there's less room to move. It's like trying to bend a string that's close to the nut or the bridge.

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Electric guitars require strings with a higher vibration and less sound so that they can be "felt" by their pickups. Acoustic guitars can use different types because their sound is produced through the acoustics of the hollow wood. Most electric guitars are not hollow.

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acoustic guitars only have one sound.

it could vary from slight pitches or other small things but ultimately it only has one sound.

the Electric Guitar has probably over 100.000 very different sounds.

but it all depends on what kind of amps you use, effects, guitars, and so on.

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