Why not have both as well as 20 or so other guitars. I have been looking at the Variax series of Guiatrs, they are digital guitars but have some great reveiws. Rockerbob from here has one and has posted some sounds from them on here in the past.
There are 3 models that start at $300 and my next guitar will be one of these
http://www.line6.com/variax/