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manXcat
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manXcat
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12/05/2020 10:35 pm

Edit: I misread and later then reread your question. I had posted the following pertinent to acoustic and e-acoustic (electric acoustic) which I'll leave just in case.

So to clarify, are you actually wanting a solid body electric or electric acoustic now? You'll [u]want[/u] an amp as well if buying a solid body electric.

What's your budget?

New or second hand? NB. New is better IMPO if you don't know what to look for when you're buying. But, it's your money.

Until you know what you want from an electric, I'd recommend you kick off with a Squier given your remit. Tele or Strat. Affinitys or Bullet, both are inexpensive, reasonable build quality, and both work well. The Strats come in an optional HSS (Affinity) and HT (Bullet) versions. See Dave Simpson's Bullet Strat review here. 11mm string spacing, slim beginner friendly neck profiles and nuts. With a setup they work very, are tonally versatile more than adequate for the first couple of years until you know and want more. Helen Ibe plays a Tele, albeit a Fender. Teles are very comfortable guitars, particularly the slightly slimmer body Affinity.

Re another (e-)coustic. Posted earlier.

To the question. Buy a Concert body (mid sized) or Parlor body (smaller) acoustic guitar if you want an acoustic. One of those two body sizes will provide a compfortable fit for the average to smaller build. Parlor if your build is petite.

Concerts also frequently come as optional [u]cutaway[/u] (for access to the upper frets) and/or [u]slimline[/u] versions. Parlors are generally small enough and less frequently cutaways. Both are available as e-acoustics if so desired.

Features to look for endo/meso fretting finger considerations. Scale length, string spacing. The tighter the string spacing, the less friendly to 'sausage' fingers, but also the easier for shorter fingers with less [u]natural[/u] joint flexibility. Same with scale length. Short scale favours shorter fingers/smaller hands, but doesn't endear itelf to sausage fingers. Neck profile. Most contemporary beginner guitars today slimmer easy play neck profiles friendlier to beginners, but as always, try before buy if you have no concept of what slim C, C, D, V profiles etc.

A scooped bridge on an acoustic will lessen the string tension just as lighter gauge strings will. The latter alters the tone and volume in an acoustic noticeably. The former doesn't.

[br]So to recommendations.

Yamaha CSF Parlor. Well priced, great performer. I'd buy one myself, and probably will sometime. I just don't need one right now. Definitely worth your checking one out.

Among others, I use a Yamaha APX600 slimline cutaway as my preferred e-acoustic, but from the gist of your post you didn't like your Anygig's slimline body, and the APX600 also has a narrow 10mm string spacing and shortened scale length. Good for small & petite hands but not for sausage fingers. The APX1000 has 11mm which is average, but may be above your preferred.pricepoint.

Cort make great quality but affordable acoustic guitars which punch way above their pricepoints as well, and generally tend to use a standard 11mm string spacing. They'll have something fitting your budget, body and hands which will satisfy andd serve musically as well.

Here is a selectionof what they can offer starting from most expensive (at the top) to least expensive (at the bottom) within their range in Parlor and Concert sizes.

Those are the two brands I'd personally be looking at for optimum blend of quality, price and performance. Both are available internationally pretty much everywhere in the world.

All the best finding what you're looking for.