Fender Telecaster, or if you want to get really flashy a Stratocaster. I’m a Fender guy even though I have some Gibson’s and others. You can’t go wrong with a Fender IMO.
Hard to go wrong with an American made Fender Stratocaster. Extraordinary tonal versatility and customizability.
Depends on style of music. Gibson es-335 semi-hollow body is a good all around electric for blues, country, jazz, rock etc. It’s semi-hollow body so it does have a louder sound unplugged than typical electrics.
Another one is the fender telecaster although it is a completely different animal.
You can’t call yourself an acoustic guitar player, unless you can play this guitar.
Check out these links :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpqiiQSIfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNYG4fyKkNc
Now that said, I got annoyed by the single-coil hum/noise, so I retrofitted a full set of DiMarzio humbuckin' Strat replacements, only lost a tiny bit of the very top end single-coil shimmer, and they're totally silent even in a room where everybody else is getting 60 Hz buzz.
Cut through the mix, as in recording? Why not an electric-acoustic?
Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Try a Dobro guitar rather than an electric.
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Dobro/Hound-Dog-M-14-Metalbody-Nickel-1424360964875.gc
I play Strats, but you can’t go too far wrong with a used Mexican made Telecaster. Even a Chinse or Indonesian made Tele would probably work for you. Couple of years from now, you can outgrow it or sell it for about what you paid for it, so the cost of ownership is minor.
If you like the shorter scale length, the Epiphone-branded Les Pauls would work well. I’d reco a 2-pickup one, eg; NOT a Les Paul Junior.
Craigslist. Look for a seller whose kid got interested and then lost interest.
if you gravitate towards classic rock, a stock telecaster is probably the best acoustic match. avoid the early made in mexico telecasters (poor quality). do not get a strat before you have tried out a telecaster first. match with a classic fender or marshall amp.
If a more permanent installation is desired, you can usually drill the endpin hole out a bit and install a jack there (there are endpin replacements which can restore the appearance, should you ever want to go acoustic-only again in the future).
Figure out who you like to listen to and see what they’re playing on. That’s a start. The next thing would be to figure out how much you want to spend. If you’re playing acoustic guitar and you’re into kind of a modern sound a Martin D28 is hard to beat. On a particularly care for the sound of Taylor’s, I have a 1975 even as artist that has age very well and it sounds beautiful but a couple of friends of mine have use Martin D28 and I am pretty impressed by the way they sound.
If you’re into electric, again who you listening to and what are they playing.
Enjoy the hunt
I've had probably 20+ amps over my 60 years of playing electric guitar, and IMO nothing beats a Fender Twin Reverb for overall great sound and versatility. If you need to knock people over, get a Marshall, they're loud and fun. But a Twin is the gold standard as far as I'm concerned.
However, classic tube Twins are heavy as hell. I have two of them and I can't get them upstairs any more. So I got the newer Fender "ToneMaster" series Twin, weighs half as much and I did A/B sound tests against my tube Twins and you really cannot tell the difference. Fender engineers get major props for that product.
I even ended up getting a Princeton and a Deluxe from that ToneMaster series, for smaller venues, they're also great.
But if you decide on a Fender guitar, I strongly recommend a Fender amp, and the ToneMaster Twin is the top-o-the-line for sound. They're a match.
I expect others here have other opinions.... YMMV as they say.
I would go with a good hollow body electric.
I have been told that Chinese knockoffs of the Casino are quite good and can be had for under $200. Perhaps start there to see if that is to your liking.
Thinline Tele.
Or have an under-saddle pickup installed on your acoustic.
Barack "Rockabilly" Obama's remarks at the American Musical Association, June 15, 2009:
"I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their guitars — they like their guitar and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their guitar. They trust it. And that means that no matter how we reform music, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your guitar, you will be able to keep your guitar, period. If you like your current gig, you'll be able to keep your current gig, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
If your style is more folk to country, try a Fender Telecaster; if more blues, try a Fender Stratocaster. In either case tune it to open G, and the blues riffs will just flow out of your fingers.