you can get an ibanex guitar for under 200 dollars i think you only need a small amp at the moment a 10-20 watt amp shud be enough that would cost about 50-100 dollars, just goto your local guitar shop and look around there, if you are playing heavy metal, or metal in general a good guitar would be a guitar with humbucker pick-ups, these pickups are just 2 pickups in one which makes it sound heavier and thicker, if you are playing rock n roll or the blues a squire stratocaster will be in the price range of 100-150 dollars which leaves you money left over, hoped this helped. also a good guitar site is
http://www.wholenote.com .