First of all how much are you willing to pay? I would recommend something from Epiphone or Squir... it depends on what you want to play. The easiest and almost fairest way is to ask the seller for an advice. Go and buy the guitar in a big guitar shop, where the sellers know what they are talking about. Epiphone is done by Gibson and Squir by Fender... not really, but it's fair what you pay for. I've been playing guitar for 10 years now... I've started small, someday I'll be big

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