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Electric guitars can never have that truly acoustic sound. There are many effects pedals and sound simulations that attempt to mimic the tone of an acoustic guitar but they never do sound quite the same.
A semi-Acoustic, or Electro-acoustic guitar, can be plugged into an amplifier and have FX pedals used with it, an acoustic guitar doesn't work with amp whatsoever, and it can only be played unplugged
There are a whole slew of acoustic simulator pedals out there. You're best bet would be the Boss line of AC pedals. The AC-2 and AC-3 by Boss are pretty much as standard as you can get for acoustic stompboxes.
Either with effects pedals; or sometimes (especially with reverb) some decent amplifiers have the effects built in.
There are a few places where guitar effects pedals can be purchased. There are many stores where a guitar effects pedal could be bought like Best Buy or Amazon.
To play the Electric Guitar you need a pick, amp, and a cable. Sometimes people use effects pedals or a tremelo bar to enhance sound, but this is not neccessary.
There are many types of guitar effects and volume pedals. The cable from the guitar is plugged into the jack marked IN and another cable is plugged into the one labled OUT and then plugged into the Amplifier.
effect pedals are designed to make it easy to switch effects during performances. if it was on the amp you'd have to go over to the amp and switch it while your playing.
Bass pedals are used to add sound effects to a bass guitar. Some of these sound effects include distortion, pre-amps, chorus, and more. They can be found at Guitar Center and Musician's Friend.
An acoustic guitar works without the need of pick-ups, instead they use the resonance of the wood and the hollow body of the guitar to naturally amplify the vibrations coming from the strings which are tuned to different tensions. Electric Guitars are set up similarly but instead the pick ups between the bridge and the neck PICK UP the vibrations from the strings through a series of copper coils that are wrapped thousands of times around magnets. Thus creating an output signal that can be manipulated through effect pedals and amplifiers.
Guitar effects pedals can be purchased from all good musician and instrument stores. Check the local area. Alternatively, look on specific musical store webpages or Ebay.
Absolutely! Beware, however, that you will probably get unwanted feedback from the amplifier if you are using an electric/acoustic guitar. Acoustic amplifiers have circuitry built into them to help negate feedback.