I have been playing the guitar for some time now, and wanted to offer my advice for people looking to get a beginner guitar. I would recommend a solid body ele

I have been playing the guitar for some time now, and wanted to offer my advice for people looking to get a beginner guitar. I would recommend a solid body electric guitar that has either a Tune-o-matic or hipshot bridge (non floating bridge). The Ibanez RGA121 is an example of a great beginner guitar: http://tinyurl.com/dyjybwa http://tinyurl.com/dyjybwa and they go for fairly cheap on ebay. This is for a number of reasons. #1 Lighter string gauges and lower action makes it easier to fret notes, bend strings, make chords. #2 16 inch neck radius really helps with getting a comfortable feel and starting to understand vibrato and legato techniques. #3 Easy to tune / change strings / set up. Unlike an acoustic guitar that uses thicker strings, with higher action, and has limited access to frets you can get started fairly easily with an electric, and you can pretty much play any style with it.