First off, congrats for deciding to pick up the guitar! Prepare to spend countless nights practicing that song perfectly, only to realize your fingers can't work the next day!
Well, it depends on what guitar you're getting, really. And bringing down a guitar and amplifier back from Singapore has alot of problems, logistically speaking.
You can get a decent setup in Malaysia for about RM1500, including Guitar, Amplifier and some accessories thrown in.... refer to our budget guides for more details....... btw, our top recommendation is still an SX Stratocaster copy with a Roland Microcube....
nightzstar, you haven't listed down a budget...... so we can't recommend you anything. If you have NO budget, get an American made Fender Straocaster or Gibson Les Paul...... each costs in excess of RM6000+++ If you're lucky....
And eye, I personally love Les Pauls, so I'm quite biased to the Eclipse....
But word of warning, ESP prices in Malaysia is quite ridiculous, so prepare to spend alot of cash on that. The ME-50 looks particularly good to me, as it has 24 frets and a trem........ Hmmmmmmmmm...... might consider getting that if I can't wait for my Ibanez S 24-fret!
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Not going to last long..... maybe a month or so

Thanks for the words of encouragement mr moderator.
Since I've got the crappy Ibanez as a loaner, I'm going to to keep using it till i know a bit more about guitars.. and then whip out my cheque book when i know what i want. Till then, I'm going to keep working on the exercises in my beginners guitar book till i can nail some white stripes songs.