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When mounted on an acoustic guitar the body serves as a soundboard to amplify the vibration of the strings. On a unplugged solidbody Electric Guitar you will notice that the sound is very similar to the string mounted to the workbench.

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When a string is strung properly to a guitar, its tension is higher, closer to the optimal tension for the string's physical properties, and therefore the vibrations are stronger and last longer.

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The guitar body acts as a resonator, amplifying the vibrations passed into it from the string.

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Q: Why would the sound of a guitar string sound louder when attached to the body of the guitar that when plucked alone?
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