wOW! How can I decide. All my guitars are special to me. But to vote for what I think are instruments that you can't go wrong by, would be: Electrics; Fender American made strats and teles, Any Gibson Custom.(kinda partial to Les Pauls). Acoustics; Taylors and Martins. Thats what I think would be the best for the money. There are a lot of other really good guitars out there but, hey , I'm just votin...