re: Best beginner electric guitar and amp?

if your budget is low, just go to a pawn shop, or guitar center and get a used guitar. whichever one feels good in your hands. invariably, you will hold some nostalgia no matter which one you pick, so get it cheap and get it over with.

for an amp, most solid state amps are over priced, especially beginner amps. its easier to find keyboard and bass amps for cheap, get one of those. i hear that fender bronco amp is really good for the money, check ebay and snag one of those if its the cheapest. just dont spend any inflated amount on your first practice amp, it will be the one piece of gear that will immediately be thrown away for a new one.

once you have something under 300 that makes music, immediately set your sights on what you really want. write that model number down on an envelope and begin shoveling money into it. get EXACTLY the guitar/amp that makes you smile before you go to sleep. its something you might never sell in your lifetime so be honest with yourself and dont skimp by going one model lower to get it three months earlier. if you want a mesa/boogie and a les paul... get it. it might take a year to save up, but you will never regret it.