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Old 12-22-2017, 10:17 AM
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Should go play some and see. A lot of acoustic guitar guys pooh-pooh electric guitars as slabs of wood with pickups on them, but that's not true and you won't see that until you play a bunch - particularly unplugged. What you hear is what you start with in the pickup/amp chain, you can modify the sound from there (more than you can with an unamplified acoustic, obviously), but that's where it starts. Two guitars put through the same amp with the same settings can sound very different.

Sound is subjective, and price reflects a lot more than sound including brand name, country of origin and "coolness", just as it does with acoustics. Relic'd guitars, well, I never understood the appeal, but the hand work involved is reflected in the price increase. But in my experience what does track price, generally, is quality and consistency of the components and assembly, and feel and playability, just as it does with acoustics. Usually feel and playability matter more with electrics, because action is typically lower and you're using more techniques.
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