I am definitely going for a kala, too many uncertainties with caramel electronics. Now I wonder if a tenor with tenor-bari strings will sound the same as a baritone, since the tenor will be amplified when more sound is needed. Plus I have more options with a tenor pricewise
Personally, I'd get an acoustic, and have a pickup added (endpin-jack type) if I deemed it necessary. Purely for aesthetic reasons, as I think "electro-acoustic" instruments look mutilated and horrible with electronics planted in the side.