Musicians Friend has Fender/Strat Squires for less than $100.00 and they sound great. You can get a small practice amp for less than $100.00 brand new. Then perhpas you might want to get one distortion pedal.


The way I started playing guitar was to buy one of those books that shows a picture of the hand on the fretboard playing a chord.

A-C-D-E-F-G (I don't use B very often)
Am
Em

Start with those 8 chords and learn how to get some mastery over them. This is the way I started out. Some people start out simply learning individual notes and they never really get a grip on chords.