Buying a guitar

I suppose it all depends on what you want. An acoustic guitar is great for beginners since you don't have to by extra stuff like an amp or wires or foot pads and all that other fun stuff. My personal belief is to always work with the basics. You will find that your fingers will start to have callouses on them from continued playing. As for the make of the guitar while sinking your money into the most expensive acoustics is an investment to the future I recommend getting something fairly affordable. Yes you get what you pay for but even the cheapest guitars if properly maintained can sound just as good as a high end model. As for strings for your guitar I would recommend metal strings over nylon considering you don't need to re-tune metal strings every five minutes like nylon and have a much crisper sound compared to nylon. However Nylon wont shred your skin on your fingers like the high end strings. Nylon strings are good for finger picking songs like most songs from Mexico. Happy playing!