but he had the chops for metal and was great with theory. he could also pretty much work out most songs i wanted to play by ear. he could do most genres well. so he taught me funk rock metal bit of jazz. and i think thats great. in fact he opened my eyes to musoc, like jazz that i wouldnt have been interested before.
also about the acoustic thing. i learnt on electric first. then got an acoustic. and to be fair i dont think it was bad for me as such.
but when i first got the acoustic i found it rly hard to play. only recently have i been bothered to get better at it. and i noticed several things. one i became better at bar chords on both electric and acioustic. i became better at bendin. i became faster at picking and hammer ons and pull offs. and when i pick i am able to pick agressively without diggin the pick in to much. making my picked stuff sound way better.
so my advice. if when u get the electric u feel u are the personality that willl be able to make youself play the acoustic, go but an electric. if not, it may be wiser to stick with acoustic for a bit.
in the end its up to u