New guy here as well, I have only been thumbing around for a few years myself, but the best advice I can give you is go to your local music shop.
talk to the guys, play All guitars that you like and last of all make sure they set it up for you. if they can't do this for you gete out of there and go to a shop that can, smaller shops usually have better customer service an rely on your buisness so will look after you more.
example I went to go buy a Maton great guitars ended up walking out of the shop with a crafter 1/3 of the price and just a good a sound. but to me felt so much better to play. so don't get hung up in brand names because 90% of guitars these days are comming out of china anyway.
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