my reccomendation is: go to a guitar store play both, and see what feels right, which sound you like most. don't limit yourself either. try other brands as well. gibson for example makes excellent guitars, however if you don't want to spend that much money, try epiphone or ibanez. experiment, play around see what you like.
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By