Thanks, Corey, for the helpful link, and others who responded, I appreciate it. Mira X is on my list now, nothing on eBay or Reverb at the moment. Vela I've tried, it's light indeed. They both might be too expensive for me, I've never paid more than $300 for a guitar in thirty years of playing. I also tried the SE semi-hollow, nice and light but at $700 plus I feel like I'm almost in S2 territory. My reference point is an Epiphone Casino Coupe, full hollow, 5.9 pounds, $449 new. But I don't want noisy P90s or feedback issues from full hollow. I'm also a Marylander, figure it's about time to get a guitar with some birds on it. (Wonder why SEs have birds and S2s usually don't?)
Separate question: Even though I'm in Maryland, no dealer has a full stock of SEs. If I go to the Stevensville "store", will they have all the models for me to try? I realize I can't buy it there, but it would be helpful just to audition them all in the same place. Only a thirty minute drive for me.