[Por_sha911]

Advice on guitars is like advice on financial investment. First it is best to know what you want to achieve and what your pain threshold is to get there.

If you are the kind of person that quits if it doesn't come easy and fast then start with nylon strings or an electric guitar. If you are the kind that can tough out the early hard going then steel string acoustic will do you well in the long run.

The other thing that can be a factor is are you just wanting to piddle around or do you love music and want to learn to seriously play well. If you just want to dabble for fun but not really get seriously into it then get whatever you want and do whatever.

Lastly, lessons from a good teacher (not a hack that does kids but has no skill) will help with fundamentals. Start learning with bad habits will hinder your long term success. Also, as others have said, find people to jam with who play better than you. I have found it is amazing how much I learned by playing with others on a regular basis (we would play every Saturday night from 9-?). It also helped me to practice more since I wanted to look good next week when we jam again.