for comfort, I think an electric will do better. I get carpal tunnel like effects in my wrists now and then. A "thicker" guitar, with a square edge (like most acoustics) digs into my wrist on my picking hand. My old yamaha electric is a strat-clone from the eighties, with that same square edge.
A common trend with Ibanez electrics is the sloped face where the picking arm would go. This is more comfortable for me. I notice Gibson SG's have a different shape, but also sport an agreeable edge.
So for me, comfort equals=
thin guitar (thicker causes more angle on my picking arm to reach around to the front, which presses on my wrist)
sloped edge so my wrist doesn't argue with the guitar body
low action so I don't have to press as hard to fret notes
Ibanez hits those points for me, so I have one of their basses, electrics and acoustics.
On review of your requirements, I'd say:
get an electric
get a $40 amp, and leave the distortion off (which makes it sound "acoustic like")
get a guitar stand ($20-40 so your axe looks and safe good while collecting dust)
Until you get an instructor, learn more, practice that "every note" scale to build up muscle memory for real scales/picking. Learn the CAGED chords (C,A,G,E,D are the "open" cowboy chords that many songs use).
A common trend with Ibanez electrics is the sloped face where the picking arm would go. This is more comfortable for me. I notice Gibson SG's have a different shape, but also sport an agreeable edge.
So for me, comfort equals=
thin guitar (thicker causes more angle on my picking arm to reach around to the front, which presses on my wrist)
sloped edge so my wrist doesn't argue with the guitar body
low action so I don't have to press as hard to fret notes
Ibanez hits those points for me, so I have one of their basses, electrics and acoustics.
On review of your requirements, I'd say:
get an electric
get a $40 amp, and leave the distortion off (which makes it sound "acoustic like")
get a guitar stand ($20-40 so your axe looks and safe good while collecting dust)
Until you get an instructor, learn more, practice that "every note" scale to build up muscle memory for real scales/picking. Learn the CAGED chords (C,A,G,E,D are the "open" cowboy chords that many songs use).