I’ve been playing an acoustic guitar for the past 2.5 years. I want to play the electric guitar now, but I know nothing about it other than that the strings don’t hurt your fingers as much as an acoustic’s strings. Do any of yall know anything about electric guitars? What’s the best brand? Should I get one with 7 strings or 6 strings? I’d really appreciate the help. 
I plan on getting either the Jackson Pro Series Signature Jeff Loomis Soloist 7-String Ebony Fingerboard Electric Guitar Satin Black | Guitar Center
or the Schecter Guitar Research Demon-6 Electric Guitar Crimson Red Burst | Guitar Center
what do you think?
The best I ever owned was a Stratocaster. The neck was a dream since I have short fingers.
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My handspan’s about 7.5 inches. I play right-handed guitar even though I’m left-handed. I don’t know if I should just buy a right-handed one, or risk wasting money on a left-handed one 
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Get a right and restring it upside down.
My second favorite was a hollow bodied Epiphone. It sounded sweet.
I never sprang for a Les Paul due to weight and price plus they are high theft items. But they do sound great.
The brands you are considering are good particularly the Schecter. Checkout the Sweetwater store online.
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Those Schecter’s are so expensive, yet they look so good. From the descriptions, some of them seem to have that aggressive sound I’m looking for. They also look nice, which is what I’m aiming for: an electric guitar that both looks and sounds nice at a very affordable price. That rhyme was unintentional.
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Being ancient, I go for the warm, gooey, tube amp sound.
What style of music is that? Rock’n’roll? Jazz?
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Tube amps just go with fenders, imo.
Oh, that’s what you meant. It sounds relaxing, I have to admit.
It can sound anyway yiu want, but it has an undertone other amps don’t have.
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@Historyprof – You are a wealth of guitar knowledge!
I love guitar! My wife bought me a really nice Taylor when I showed an interest, which collects dust because I showed no talent.
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I learned to place as my clarinet annoys dogs to the point of howling
I just looked and it is under $500.00. That is a low price for a guitar. Have you thought about a used model of a better brand in your price range?
Yeah, I’ve thought of getting a used model, but since it’s my first guitar, I want to get an unused one. I really want to test them all out before I spend any money on them. I’ll have to see if Guitar Center carries them.
Definitely try them out! There is nothing worse than buying one you end up not bonding with after the fact. I think the most important aspect is the feel of the neck. Some people like a shallow neck profile with a 15" radius, some like a fat neck (more like an acoustic) with a more convex fingerboard. As the Prof says, mind the weight of the guitar.
You will need an amp or headphone amp to do it justice, so play the guitar through the best you can afford. You might start out with a Fender Mustang Micro Headphone Amp, until you can afford full sized combo. They go for $99 at GC. You can get the salesman to help you set the amp selection, EQ and effects.
I believe a person that has some ability on the guitar should buy the best one they can afford. After playing the one you choose. No sense buy a cheap one, just to wish you had gotten the one you likes most. That said, I have a Monoprice Indio Retro Classic Telecaster style guitar I ordered from Amazon and received Shipped directly from China. I had to adjust the truss rod and saddles, but it is the electric I played the most.
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I’m ambidextrous. The advantage of learning right-handed is that you can basically pick up almost any guitar and play it. After many years of playing right-handed, I played a left-handed guitar at a music store just for fun. It was very foreign because there was no muscle memory. I would have had to learn all over again to get used to it. If you learn left-handed, you would have a similar experience picking up a right-handed guitar.
As far as electric guitars I can only tell you what I have. Mostly I play acoustic. I have five guitars and only one is electric. It is a vintage 1983 Fender Strat that I’ve had for about 35 years. I play it through a Fender Champion 40 amp that I find versatile. And if I need a more complex sound I play it through a Behringer V-amp 3.
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My biggest music regret was not getting a Marshall tube amp at an estate sale. That was years ago and I still regret it.
Truth about the neck. I have very short fingers, and a Stratocaster has a flatter back neck that most. Works so well for me.
I have always wanted a Guild acoustic. . My arms are also short, and I can’t reach many chords and I have to stretch to get my arm over and down to the strings. I have an Ovation that fits fairly well.