I continue to find acoustic and electric guitars fascinating. I've dabbled in acoustic but hope to also get into electric. Electric guitars and basses are instruments unto themselves because the expansive flexibility of electrical and digital signals seperate them from being imitator of their acoustic counterparts.

Here is a product plug: the Line 6 Variax electric guitar and Variax electric bass are awesome pieces of instruments that mimic 25 and 24 historical string instruments respectively. I'm sold on the quality of these instruments. Among the sounds modeled are Fenders, Gibsons, resonator, acoustic guitar, banjo, sitar, upright acoustic bass.

Before I consider having one of these axes, I should get lessons and learn with an instrument fit for a beginner. Then I will see if this is for me. Otherwise I may not come to appreciate or understand the capabilities that these instruments allow. Line 6 markets these instruments as the "last bass [and electric guitar?] you will ever need." With the continual innovation in creating new guitars, one cannot definitely say "only." For me I would likely be satisfied.