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Ah, I see. Basically, buy what you can afford, see what other guitarists say about different guitars. It also depends on what sort of music you want to play. Different guitars have different tones which may make them more or less appropriate for different types of music. For instance, you wouldn't want to try to start a metal career with a Fender Telecaster.
I'd say an Epiphone Les Paul or SG-family guitar would suit you well. They're in that $300 - $500 price range, they sound good (dual humbuckers help cancel out nasty 60 cycle electrical hum and other EMI) and play well. Plus, both have fixed bridges, which means they tend to stay in tune better than a guitar with a vintage-style tremolo bridge (a la my previous guitar, a Fender Mexistrat that went out of tune all the time and had noisy-ass pickups).
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