Super-necro thread.

Bottom line is, first guitar you buy won't be the last because *you* know nothing about guitars other than what you read on a forum and what some dude in the shop told you.

So buy something at a sensible price that comes well made and that you can get support for.

Yamaha for my money. If it's good enough for Bert Jansch, etc, etc.

And get it set up straight away. And see a teacher once in a while even if you can't afford regular lessons.