Back when I was in my band, we recorded some acoustic tracks with my Celebrity and my guitar player's Ovation Balladeer. They sound great live, plugged in, and apparently, on recordings too! Mine was pretty cheap, too. It was $225 back a few years ago lightly used.
And I highly reccomend the PODs. They sound great, are expandable with downloadable tones, and have a thriving online community that creates and shares tones and presets for free.