I have many electric guitars that have all seen stage work at one time or another in their lives, I won't bore with the usual vanity list. You will find electric to be an easier instrument to play that acoustic. That's a plus, but it can be a minus if you've never played an acoustic which demands a bit more stamina and a different learning curve. My personal suggestion, and it may be or may not be validated by the other guitar players here is that if you can score an acoustic along the way, it's a great form of strength and accuracy building that you won't find with an electric, also, there is no lying on an acoustic, every note, passage and unfortunatetly, clam will be heard as it comes out with no modification of amps and pedals. It is pointless to tell you get this one or that one, your hands have to tell the story of how well you like it. The stores are full of them.