Originally Posted by: JorgeeTheres a school of thought that say rather buy a more expensive (high quality) first guitar because a cheap guitar is going to frustrate a newbie and cause them to give up because of all the things you named , also makes sense to me??

To a degree this is true, however, it also makes sense to start with a more reasonable investment just in case the ambition wears off after a year.

I'm a big fan of the Squier guitars by Fender for starting out. They are well priced and well made. They sound great and play well for the money. In fact, my Squier played every bit as well as the Fender Strat I later got. <--I'm fond of saying that, cause it's true. :)