depends what you want really.

personally I think if you want an electro acoustic, go for something like Yamaha or Faith that has been put together by a design team. rather than get an acoustic and hope you will find a pick up system that fits. Having said that I have fitted my Faith Jupiters with K&K pure western bugs , and they sound okay.

I would always factor in spending about £70 getting the guitar looked at and sorted out from its factory state, by a good luthier. Plus you need a case.

The good news is that as long as you don't hanker after after a 'name'. there is a wide choice of solid wood guitars. this is a phenomena that was unknown, say four or five years ago.

Recently Jack Hudson (revered by several of us on these pages) got a really nice solid wood J45 copy by Tokai, for noodling round on - paid about £500. A really excellent guitar.

And as people have said the choice is very wide. I would say, go to a guitar show - you get a wider choice than in the shops. If you see a guitar you like in a shop - see if they do an online price, sometimes its cheaper.