GeorgeF said: Anything too cheap and you'll get nowhere and will have to buy a new guitar very soon, and anything too expensive or niche will leave you in fear of damaging it when really you shouldn't be afraid to knock it about a bit.
Agreed 100% My first guitar was a true hunk of crap and set me back a long way. It wasn't until I got my tele 10 years later that I finally started to take my playing seriously.
