Electroacoustic guitar help

[Dave]

Hey all

I'm looking at buying a fairly cheap Electroacoustic guitar at the mo (in the £150-£200 range) as it's going to be partly funded by Christmas money (yes, I know it's only October, but meh) so I'm going to have to pay part of it myself. And I'm a student so I'm too cheap to spend too much

I've been narrowing down guitars in this price range and I've got the following down in the short list:

Ibanez AEG-10E
Ibanez AEL-20
Washburn EA-10
Yamaha APX-500
Yamaha APX3
Yamaha FX370C

The nearest shop to me is Sound Control which is fairly useless as far as Electroacoustics go as all they have are very expensive Gibson's at the moment. I've played a Yamaha APX500 as my friend used to own one, and I thought it was a very nice guitar, quite a deep tone.

Any recommendations in particular or any good'un I've missed? And is anywhere cheaper than GAK? (I only really know drum websites )

Cheers

 

[One More Solo]

I played a couple of gigs with the first Ibanez and got a lot of compliments on its sound. I really enjoyed playing it too, especially good for lead work.

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

After trying a Fender, Takamine and Yamaha, I settled on the Yamaha. It had the best blend of sound and playability.

Mine is an APX-4A-SPL

 

[Chronos-X]

I play through a Crafter FX550-EQ, I love it.

 

[Zefan]

I haven't ever played one but I once saw a Telecaster Electroacoustic and it was gorgeous

 

[Dave]

OK cheers guys, I'll scout around. The only problem with the Telecoustic/Stratacoustic guitars is that it'll be a Squier. No problem as I already have a Squier Strat as an electric, just like a change

 

[Zefan]

It was about £250 the one I saw.

Just froogled and found one for £189!

 

[Dave]

For a Squier one?