Check out the Epiphone ES-339. Much smaller body. Also the Samick Royale RL2 or RL3.

You won't get a "decent acoustic" sound out of them, though. You'll get a "semihollow electric" sound instead, which is quite different.

 

These kick ass.

Schecter C1 E A | eBay

 

Cool, but missing the satan stripper girls.

 

Damn, that's a nice guitar at a good price. Pity about the low E saddle.

 

Try to find an SVK hollow body. They are really great instruments, and this guy is selling them for a steal. I play two Les Pauls from this company that I will never sell, and that means a lot coming from me.

https://www.facebook.com/noahjamesguitars

 

Rich Dagger SE Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar Red | eBay

could work.

 

Hah! Looks Metal. Don't think that dude ships to the US though.

These kick ass.

Schecter C1 E A | eBay

I was looking at a PRS SE Semi Hollow. Doubt I can convince my wife to let me slide on the price though since she's 7 months preggers with Baby #2 :lol:

 

Older Korean made Epiphones can be had at that price. Otherwise I'd go with the Ibanez variation.

 

It sucks the Dagger was so short lived. I wanted one back when they were still being made :lol:

 

Was looking at the LTD X-Tone series. I am partial to LTD because I already own the LTD-1000 and absolutely love it

I own one and don't plan on getting rid of it, it's an awesome guitar. :yesway: It's an older Korean set neck, I got it for $250. I can't say how the newer bolt-on Indos are, but Ben Weinman from Dillinger seemed to like his. If you can't find an older one, the new ones are at least worth checking out.

 

Where did you get it for that price?

 

That is a pretty sweet-looking guitar.

Maybe check out this one, too:

Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Thinline - Shoreline Gold | Sweetwater.com

 

I was literally about to post that exact guitar. I owned one for a year or so and really enjoyed it. The shorter scale and hollow body really fattened up the Tele-twang and made for some great tones in kind of a best-of-both-worlds type way. Plus the color is this cool metal-flake gold/silver blend that looks really nice.