what is the best guitar to get for a beginner who has never touched

>>17323087
Acoustic or electric? Aside from getting deals secondhand, which is easy enough to do with some hunting, there are lots of decent low-end/entry-level instruments out there. Ibanez, Yamaha, Squier, Epiphone (these two are the budget labels for Fender and Gibson, respectively), Hagstrom, and a bunch of heavy-metal-looking brands (Jackson, BC Rich) make OK electric instruments to get started on. You can sometimes get combos with a small amp for cheap. Yamaha also makes cheap but OK acoustics, as does Oscar Schmidt/Ovation. Among others.

Few of these are going to be great, play for the rest of your life guitars, but they all work and they're all real brands. Manufacturing quality varies a lot, so ideally you should be able to play it before you buy it--you can feel if it's garbage.

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>>17323087
Mostly it doesn't really matter. Try one out that you like the looks of and that feels OK. If you end up picking guitar as a steady hobby, you'll end up having many guitars anyway.
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I think the only factor to take into account is metal strings vs nylon. In most cases you want to go for metal, unless you're planning on only sticking to classical guitar. If you're used to playing on metal strings, nylon isn't a problem. The other way around can, however, be troublesome.

My first guitar was an acoustic one. Montana is the brand. No idea what model it is, but it's fairly high quality, and I still use it as my primary acoustic guitar.

My first electric was an Ibanez RX40RD. Nothing fancy, three single coil pickups, but it had a nice sound. Unfortunately it's not playable anymore as 10 years of heavy use eventually wore out some of the electrics in it. I still have it, tho, and plan to fix it.

My main guitar today is pic related - Jackson WRXMG

>>17323106
i'm looking for an electric guitar, sorry for not specifying that in the OP. Thanks for the recommendations, do you know if the fender starcaster strat or yamaha pacifica are any good? those are the one's i'm looking at right now that seem good enough for my price range.

also how much does an amp affect the sound? should I be looking for a good amp as well as a good guitar? i don't think i'll be able to play one before buying it :/ i don't know of any stores near me but I could probably order it and then return it if its shit. thanks btw

>>17323117
Me again... I remembered incorrectly: My first electric had one fancy thing: Two singlecoils, and one humbucker.

>>17323087
Go into a guitar store and try out a bunch of them