Looking for help buying a Guitar.

The low end Ibanez electrics are crap. Epiphone guitars play like a set of railroad tracks. Squiers are awful guitars that won't even stay in tune half of the time.

The beginning instrument line of choice is the Godin line. They are Canadian built guitars and come stock equipped with decent pickups and the necks play awesome, even on their bottom end instruments. www.godinguitars.com
I learnt on an LG before I bought my Les Paul. The LG hauls any Epi, Squire or Ibanez in terms of action, playability and tone.

Further advice. You have experience with instruments already. Spend no less than about $600 - $700 for your beginner instrument since lower in quality will only frustrate the learning process.

In addition, if you have around $1,200 to part with and you have a thing for the fender sound, try G&L guitars. For just over a grand, you can get a handcrafted instrument that supercedes an $1,800 fender in playability and tone.

Double Post:

Originally Posted by Newbie1234

Things happened pretty fast, and I picked up an Ibanez. I'm not really sure if I got a good deal, but with amp and everything, it cost me around 600$ CAD.

The only thing that I'm disappointed in, is that it sounds exactly like an acoustic guitar. What do I need to buy to get those crazy distortion stuff. I tried playing with my amp, but it wouldn't change much.

You got jacked, mate.

P.S. Electric guitars are generally pretty easy on the fingers. If you're having difficulty playing it, chances are that you need to get the action adjusted. This can be done by your local guitar technician.

Jam it back in, in the dark.