If you already have an acoustic guitar, Don't get an electric guitar (until you learn acoustic first) thats the best advice I can give you. Playing an electric guitar is easy, therefore if you learn on an electric and want to play an acoustic later, you won't be able to...not well anyways. Playing the acoustic will strengthen your fingers and give you the feel for the frets.
How long did you say you've been playing???
I don't wanna sound rude here, but all my friends who've been playing the guitar for years tell me that the best advice they can give a beginner is to learn to play the electric guitar first.
Not only will this give the 'learning stage' a boost, but it will also help toughen up those fingertips until you start to play the acoustic guitar, which can save lots of frusteration in the end. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_razz.gif" border=0 alt="Razz">
So tell me...who am i to believe? <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_confused.gif" border=0 alt="Confused">