Electric Guitar.

[OrangeCat]

If you are on a budget, buy an Agile guitar for about $200. They make LesPaul, Strat and other copies. http://www.rondomusic.net/electricguitar-ss5.html

The guitar setup makes a huge difference. Pay a good guitar tech about $50 to level and crown frets, adjust innotation and set the truss rod. After this, the guitar will probably play as good as (if not better) than anything you will pull off the wall at guitar center. I know a lot of guys who own PRS, Suhr, Gibson and Fender who swear these Agile guitars are great.

With electric guitars, the amp means more to the sound than anything else besides the player. Get a used small Fender like Blues Jr. or Deluxe reissue. If you want good distortion sound at low volume buy a Fulltone Fulldrive 2 on ebay for about $100.