as if options arent confusing enough, you could get a fender fat strat which has a humbucker. If your keen on gnr and aerosmith then get the epiphone les paul, sure the pickups suck ass but most do in that price range. Since your new, just remember a guitar only sounds as good as its amp and vice versa so your questions areent over yet, now u must ask 'what kinda amp do i want?". Well your probably gonna end up with a 15 watt practice amp or if u lucky a little powerful 25 which is a little louder. I have a fender frontman amp and its not bad, it does what it says, its a pracitice amp and i practice on it, but i would nt show it to my friends! U should look into a practice amp if u just starting and on a budget. Theyll cost you about a hundred american dollers.