Originally Posted by
CoLd BlooDed
That's a poor way of expressing it... when I started playing guitar I was into Metallica, as well (one of the main reasons why I started). I had an acoustic guitar, and only an acoustic guitar, and learned just about every metallica song I could. I never tossed it aside - in fact, I played it hours a day. That was about four years ago, and I'm still playing.
It depends on the person, not the instrument. Getting a guitar for the sake of getting a guitar is stupid, so you better be willing to learn/teach yourself. The transition from acoustic to electric, however, was just as tough as it would be from electric to acoustic.