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I have yet another dumb-question…….. Can you -(or anybody?)- explain exactly ***WHY*** it seems “easier” to play an electric- (vs an acoustic). We’ve all heard this— hundreds of times.
In my own experience, as I said, I have played an electric only a few times- (this puts me in the “non-knowledgeable” group– so there is that)- but it actually did seem to be NOTICEABLY “easier”.
But my question, I guess, is, WHY is it easier.
In your post you say it’s because “you don’t have to push as hard on the strings for fretting”- then that leads me to ask- again- why?
Electric/Acoustic?– They are just guitar strings over a fretboard, right?
Why aren’t the strings on an acoustic “lowered” to the same string-height- (action) as they are on an electric?…..
I know there are MANY different/various makes and models of guitars– and strings– (from the cheapest to the most expensive)- if this could be some part of the explanation.
Or is there a general difference in the size or “cross-section shape” of the guitar NECK of an electric and an acoustic?
Or are the string themselves generally different between the two?
It’s confusing to ask- I hope you all get the “jist” of what I’m asking…..
Any thoughts?
theoldcoach