Yeah, I agree totally about the whole twinky twonky playing thing.
My two favourite guitars (neither of which I own) are the Telecaster

and the Gretsch Single cutaway semi acoustic (in 50s green

)

The closest I've come is a Squier Tele and a a Tanglewood fat-bodied semi acoustic
I once passed up on buying a Gretsch for £150!... I still groan every time I remember it.
GC