This guitar is acoustic only, though a pickup can be added.  Being 1st generation, it has a short scale length of 24", which makes it super easy to play.  I have medium strings on it for extra volume but I'm sure it'd sound good with lighter strings.  I bought this from GC  to get back into playing and it was terrific for that!  Great guitar for writing songs, tooling around, or traveling with.  Comes with a gig bag and new set of D'Addario medium strings.  Feel free to ask questions!