
So, as I mentioned before, I've been veering toward classical guitar. I've gone back to square one to relearn fingering with my right hand (finger-picking instead of a plastic pick), and will be adding some music theory into the mix to boot. However, I didn't really have the right guitar with which to do this. My Falcon is pure electric, and Renaissance-era music just doesn't sound right with that electric twang.
However, I knew I didn't want to switch completely to acoustic, either. I find them too big, and the fretboard too wide for my hand. I decided that what I would really like would be an electric-acoustic styled along the lines of an electric. Same smaller size. Same narrower neck. My teacher warned me that I would sacrifice some richness and mellowness of sound, since an acoustic-electric isn't going to sound like a pure acoustic no matter what you do. But I was willing to lose a little in that regard. I don't want to give playing other music completely, and I didn't want to have to keep switching back and forth between guitars to play different songs.
So, I searched around online, trying to get an idea of what model I might like. Searched some more.
Searched last night. Googled "acoustic electric guitar" and found pages mentioning Fender Stratacoustics and Telecoustics, a-e's that are modeled after Stratocasters and Telecasters in size and style. Checked out some online prices, then decided 'what the hell,' and gave ebay a check as well.
Note the icon.
It's my new guitar. I won it an hour or so ago, despite another bidder's attempt to snipe me with 30 seconds to go. It's a used Stratacoustic. A couple of surface dings, but overall in decent shape. Bought it from what is apparently a pawn shop in Florida. And the timing worked out pretty well, because my teacher let me know today that he needs me to return the acoustic that he loaned me.