What is An Acoustic Electric Guitar?

Identification of Acoustic Electric Guitar

In a simple word, an acoustic guitar is equipped with electric system like pickup system and preamp, is called acoustic electric guitar.

The system allows acoustic guitar to be amplified. Normally, a 9V battery is used to supply power for built-in preamp. Based on this, an EQ along with volume controls and a built-in tuner is frequently found on an acoustic guitar.

Additionally, we also heard about semi-acoustic guitar. What is it? What is the difference between semi-acoustic and acoustic electric guitar?

Besides, even with electric system, why the sound is not always amazing? Thus, why an electric system is helpful?

With those questions, we want to discuss with you.

Are Semi Acoustic and Acoustic Electric Guitar the Same?

Although semi acoustic and acoustic electric guitar are often used interchangeably, they are not the same.

A semi acoustic guitar is basically an electric guitar with a chambered or hollow guitar body that allows the top of the body to resonate and produce more volume than a standard solid body. Thus, it makes an electric guitar can play acoustically.

Acoustic electric guitar means an electric system is equipped on an acoustic guitar body. The basic purpose is to help to increase the volume of sound and enable an acoustic guitar to play more “metal”.

Why Acoustic Electric Guitar doesn’t Always Sound Amazing?

The amplification amplifies the natural tonality. Meanwhile, there is a problem of feedback. This problem is mainly caused by the ability of resonation of acoustic guitar body. The soundboard occasionally resonates in response to the output from the amplifier. This can be varied of the body with different size, shape and wood.

Battery is another reason of the problem since the preamp requires batteries as a power source. Especially, when batteries are mounted within the body of acoustic guitar. In this case, the consideration of changing the mounting position of the batteries is essential. However, this means you may need to change the design of the guitar.

What Electric System Helps for Acoustic Guitar?

It helps to record clearly enough. And when in a live performance, an acoustic electric guitar gives player more freedom of moving and performing effects. This is the main reason that acoustic electric guitar is so popular.

Well, although there is a word “electric”, it is still an acoustic guitar. Thus, the type of guitar is versatile.

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Let’s be clear firstly. You can converse an acoustic guitar to be acoustic electric type. But this requires much of sophisticated wood work.

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