so glad to be a member at guitartricks the resources are beyond my experience and im really just a campfire dreamer at this point and I mainly use my acoustic as a tool or scale for my voice, but im getting addicted now and ready to buy a fender and curious if it would be easier to buy something that hasn't been through so much change (american, Mexico and japan) I'm not willing to pay 1,000.00 (just yet) for something I'm no good at playing but at the same time want something decent to progress .. any advice would be appreciated and thanks for sharing all you professional knowledge with a newbie :)