Properly aplifies electro acoustic or miked acoustic with sensitive digital FX and solid state amplification can be the most soulful sound I've heard...

But then again the grunting machine-gun stacatto of highly overdriven electric guitar on tracks like Creep by Radiohead can be equally overwhelming... (If however more in the "I wanna be sixteen again and by the way what's wrong with stealing cars" emotion section)

Both have their place - I wouldn't be without either...

Hyp