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An Acoustic guitar doesnt require any electric connection to generate the sound. You can play it without any power or batteries. The electric guitar requires a power unit ( Electricity or Battery unit) to generate the sound and amplify it as an output.
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An acoustic guitar is made of wood and is shallow ok purpose to make sound. Whereas an electric guitar need an amp or speaker. It's not loud enough to play anything on its own. The acoustic guitar is generally used for singing and background music while the electric guitar can be used with a lot of effects...
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An acoustic guitar is made of wood and is shallow ok purpose to make sound. Whereas an electric guitar need an amp or speaker. It's not loud enough to play anything on its own. The acoustic guitar is generally used for singing and background music while the electric guitar can be used with a lot of effects and in Rock music as lead guitar.

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The most basic and important difference is that, the acoustic guitar produces sound naturally whereas for electric guitar you need to connect it to an amplifier to hear it properly. There are many other technical differences, which you understand only once you play both of them
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