These days you can buy a pretty decent guitar for an affordable price. Low budget guitars are getting better and are really popular. Almost every major guitar brand has a low budget series to serve beginner to advanced guitar players. If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on a Fender Stratocaster you can take a look at it’s more affordable younger brother Squier also by Fender. Gibson guitar also has a cheaper companion, Epiphone guitars, which are much easier on the pocket and they rock! You have to take into account that these are low budget guitars, so there will be compromises in terms of materials, pickups and hardware. The experienced guitar player might require a higher standard. That being said, if you have between a 100 and 300 dollars to spend and you do want to learn to play guitar than these guitars are really worth the investment. They are perfect guitars for the beginner but also for the intermediate or advanced guitar player who is looking for a low-cost backup g