I have recently had a "discussion" with some person about electric guitars. There is a point of view that electric guitars have objectively inferior music (if there is such a thing) compared to classical guitars.

I would like to point out that neither of us actually plays electric guitar; we only have any experience with the classical one. So it's possible that what I ask can be answered very easily.

To keep the flame out of the question, I would like to ask about one specific point of the issue.

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> Most of the time electric guitars play with dynamic range compression, so you cannot control the strength of individual notes well (bad dynamics) - thus, the electric guitar has no soul.
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So, is this true? Specifically:

1. Does electric guitar imply heavy usage of dynamic range compression?
2. Does compression have a significant effect on musical dynamics?