Not knowing much about finger placement and such, I was going primarily on looks and some ancient, short-term lesson (when I was 10). I ended up with an Ovation, which, while pretty, had a narrow neck and my chords were always dirty.
After I learned a little more I picked up a few different ones and found many I could play cleaner chords on because the neck wasnt as narrow and my finger placment was better.
I ended up with a cheap Yamaha scratch-and-dent, which sounds pretty good and recently bought a nicer Dean.