Originally Posted by: Lori_B... I'd like to play more electric but I just haven't found the right guitar. I personally (perhaps from playing classical for so long) have a thing for the deep tones/sounds from old well played guitars.

[font=trebuchet ms]I'm tempted to suggest trying an old jazz box, but that really doesn't 'break out' of where you've been quite enough. I think you'll find that a good solid-body axe with fairly heavy strings (.011" or .012" high E), will render those tones quite well. And there are some models with nice, wide necks that someone with your classical training could do some serious shredding on. The key is to find a guitar that sounds good [u]unplugged[/u]. A good amp helps a lot, but it can only make a crappy guitar sound louder. A well-built solid-body does have good intrinsic acoustic properties. Dig through the archives with the advanced search function. We've burned up a lot of server space on this topic.[/font]