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Permalink Reply by JL on May 31, 2016 at 2:57am

Acoustic strings (phosphor bonze, et al) are a little thicker than equivalent electric strings and use slightly denser wrapping material (bronze) to get more inertia for longer sustain and more volume.

Electric guitar strings, needing to be ferromagnetic, are less elastic, so are made a little thinner to compensate the tension , and have a little less inertia and thus more pronounced harmonics in comparison to the fundamental.   the Amp and its EQ allow you to compensate for the quieter and 'plinkier' sound.

A mag pup will react to a non-ferromagnetic conductor due to an induced current in the conductor and the current's coupled magnetic field interacting with the pup's, but a ferromagnetic string grabs the pup's magnetic field and shakes it around like a jello-mold on the passenger seat when you turn off the paved road.

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