Buying the cheapest tool can also easily discourage newcomers to a field. As an example, I was nearly completely discourage from learning the guitar by the fir

Buying the cheapest tool can also easily discourage newcomers to a field. As an example, I was nearly completely discourage from learning the guitar by the first guitar I bought. It was a really cheap stratocaster clone (<100$) with a really bad amp. The thing was so bad that playing it was uncomfortable, and it was not even able to stay tuned thanks to the crappy machine heads. Looking back, I would have been better off buying a decent guitar from the get go, something in the range of 200$ would have ensure that (brands like Ibanez or Cort are able to produce quite decent guitars in this price range, even Squier (Fender low price brand) could be decent enough). The point is to at least invest a little, usually avoiding the absolute lower price items, but targeting items one level above.