Even though I've been playing less than 1 1/2 years, I own seven guitars: one pure acoustic, two acoustic electrics, and four electrics including one 12 string. In my defense, two are my wife's guitars. I've tried to learn to play several times over my lifetime. I owe the success I've gained playing the guitar to Yousician.
Yousician
Yousician makes learning an instrument fun. You can take lessons, learn via interactive tutorials, and stay motivated. This application is awesome - you play your guitar, it listens, and scores you based on timing and accuracy.
Justin Guitar
Justin's lessons are great. Unlike many others, his lessons are short and to the point. I don't think it would be a stretch to say that whatever you want or need to learn on guitar, you can learn it from Justin. He has 1,300 free lessons on his website and many on YouTube.
Justin Guitar
Like Justin, Dr. Dan has a very pragmatic approach to teaching. If you want to learn how to sing, do it safely, and with knowledge - Dr. Dan is your guy. He has many, many videos on the voice, vocal warmups, and technique.
Schecter Guitar Research
Not only is this guitar beautiful with a transparent sky burst, but it is incredible to play. It has a 14" fretboard radius, locking tuners, mother of pearl dot inlays, and luminlay side dot markers. Speaking of the fretboard, it has jumbo stainless steel frets. Tonal options are varied - it has a five way selector switch that controls MonsterTone pickups in the neck and middle slot, and a Pasadena Plus Trem in chrome. Both the volume and tone controls are push/pull.
Dean Zelinsky Guitars
This guitar is thin, very light, and also plays very well. Most days I play either the California Classic or the LaVoce. I bought this guitar used off of someone on Reverb.com. It has the blonde fretboard and Z-Glide textured neck. I'm not sure that it makes me play any faster but it's definetly given me callus on my thumb. It also has a fair number of tonal options. Overall, it's a sweet guitar.
Fender
When my wife wanted to learn the electric guitar, I bought her this Stratocaster. They are great guitars - very solid and they sound great. The problem for me was that I have arthritis in my hands. Many of the Fender guitars have small fretboard radiuses like 7.25", 9.5", etc. I found that playing the Strat made my hands hurt and it was hard to play for long periods of time. Fender makes great guitars. You cannot go wrong buying any Fenders.
Danelectro
I wanted to see what a 12 string sounded like and more importantly, could I play one? It turns out that they're really not that difficult to play. There really is no learning curve. If you can play chords and individual notes on a 6 string, you can as well on a 12 string. Since my ability to play one was in question, I did not want to spend a lot of money on a 12 string guitar. The Danelectro is a vintage brand that went out of business in 1969 and was revitalized in the 2000's.
Ibanez
I was interested in an buying an acoustic electric. I was not wanting an acoustic with a piezo or under the saddle pickup because I already own one. This guitar caught my eyes (believe me, I am not the only one) when Tim was playing it for Playing God. Naturally, he makes it sound like a much more expensive guitar. I do like the nylon tenor strings. The bass strings are steel. It plays more like a classic Spanish guitar.
Takamine
We already had a Taylor GS Mini but I was curious to know what a dreadnaught sized acoustic could do. Like some of my other guitar purchases, I was not wanting to spend a lot of money. I did check out the most inexpensive acoustic dreadnaughts but I have a friend who used to play and perform. His acoustic of choice - Takamine.
Taylor
The Taylor GS Mini was the first guitar I bought for my wife. I didn't know if the size of her hands would have an impact on her ability to play, so I didn't want to give her a full-sized (read: dreadnaught) guitar. Naturally, I had heard of Taylor Guitars but hadn't ever owned one. When I started doing research, I felt like this was the best choice for the size and amount of money I wanted to spend.
Fender
I knew that my wife would need an amplifier when she started playing electric guitar. I wanted something that was small-ish and was a tube amp. I did not do a lot of research. Like the Stratocaster, I understood that Fender mass produces guitars, pedals, amplifiers and more. I felt that buying a Fender amp was a good choice. Meaning I was certain that it would be a high quality product that would (hopefully) last a lifetime. It is 15 watts and has only one 10" speaker
Positive Grid
I wanted to be able to travel and take an electric guitar with me if I wanted. I asked for and got this small 5 watt practice amp for Christmas 2023. They're reasobably priced amps. You don't need physical pedals with any of the Positive Grid amps as they have effects built into them. You can buy a wireless footswitch to control presets, toggles, etc. It's a great little amplifier.