Aah that first one looks pretty cool! I think I'd like the sound of the second, acoustic one better though. Although... nothing wrong with a good guitar in metal songs...
Super awesome you're playing again! I never really learned to play the guitar. My brother had one and took a couple of lessons but then quit, so I got to try a little. Was a little hard with longer nails though ;-)
I did play the flute for many, many years! Haven't for ages and to be honest, I'm a little sad that back in those days, I blindly followed my friends who wanted to play the flute. I would have gone for violin otherwise.
The thing is with the software I'm using the Ibanez can sound any way I want. I often play using the clean sound as well.
I can see the guitar being hard with long nails. Many guitarists keep long nails on their strumming hand and short on the other hand.
I've never played a flute but they sound nice! I played the keyboard for a little while. I still know the basics of it. Violins are awesome. String instruments sound so nice. Especially the cello