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Find one that feels comfortable against your body, and has a good neck.
Applies to many things Andy!!! Smart man!
I have a Samick strat-look guitar, red and white, with an Abilene amp with a 10" speaker. My friend Joey is really good at playing the guitar. I've had mine for about 4 years now, and I can play a little bit of this and that. I can't read music anymore, but I can learn stuff by reading tablature. My friend and I just sit around and he shows me new stuff he's learned, and we play on the weekends or in the evenings sometimes. Its a good release from a hard day.
I can play stuff like Bush, Staind, Third Eye Blind, Metallica, Lynard Skynard, Nirvana, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Creed, and a few others. Its been a while since I've played, but now that my friend Joey is home from College for the summer I'm sure we'll play guitar some more.
My guitar cost me $239 when I bought it new. I've had it restrung last summer but I forget what brand and guage strings I have on it.
Joey has a Cort acoustic and a Peavey black strat. My sister is learning to play too, my mom just bought her a Samick acoustic. So hopefully my sister will learn and can show me. Guitar playing is a skill I'd like to learn more of but don't really have the time to take lessons.
-Scott-