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I think if I was going to get seriously into that sort of vibe, I'd be tempted by something like the ESP LTD TL6: Comes in a range of colours. The natural looks a lot more acousticy; the colours, especially solids, start to take it more in a Gretsch sort of direction. The left handed option comes in black alone; I'd be tempted to get one of those and have it pinstriped. Course, if the point is to have the visual of an acoustic for the incongruity with a brutal rock sound, that's not the way to go. Something with a piezo would likely be easier to manage from a feedback perspective, as you could get one of those foam soundhole inserts. Not sure anything similar exists for fitting round a soundhole pup...

Although I don't use distortion much, I do use a soundhole pickup and often run my acoustic through my effects pedals into either the front of my acoustic amp or into my active speaker with no problem at all. I particularly like the soundhole pickup as it gives me the acoustic 'visual' that the venue and public expect, but I can still change the tone and provide different amp models / EQ / boosts / reverb and delay effects etc for different songs when we play. I also use electric strings on my acoustic to lower the volume of it's natural acoustic tone and aid in it's compatibility with effects. I think it works well overall, but unless you want it for a particular reason (I want an electric sound but like the acoustic aesthetic), just pick up the electric if you need that sort of tone.