If you are thinking about trying electric......then I'll recommend the one that I got, a Squier Fat Strat. I wrote a review on here (Squier Black and Chrome Fat Strat). I'd recommend it for several reasons, in that it is cheap (like 230 bucks) and really well built for the price. Very versatile, and is giving me tons of fun experimenting. The reason I recommend it to you is that you can play a really nice electric, but if you find it's not your thing then you aren't out alot of money, and you can probably sell it to a beginner easier than a higher-end more expensive one.

If you decide to upgrade your present guitar.....then take Razbo's advice (I plan to) and go test drive the guitars you want many times before you lay down 500+ bucks.

I'm still working on GF 2 and trucking along on my Squier. But I know one day my skills will grow out of that guitar, so I'm already shopping for that 'one' guitar to lay down 1000 bucks on. That'll be a long buying process trying to make sure I get just the right one. But that's what I did to get my starter guitar. It took three months of reading, study, comparing, etc etc.Take your time, you'll find it.



GG