My first guitar was a United Elitone, with action like a pasta slicer.
My first good guitar was a new Harmony 910 (retailed for $35 in 1957)
It played beautifully and the wood was so tough, I could have used it for a canoe paddle. It was the smaller of Harmony's classical guitar. The larger, more luxurious, model, the 173, was great, too.