Music Appreciation

Nobody would ever beginning flute player an open hole instrument.
On the bright side for guitars though, is that there is no such thing anymore as a crappy guitar.
There is good, better, great.
There are $159 Squiers at Guitar Center that 99% of pros/semi-pros could gig with. Not for 20 years, but....
The change in guitars at the starting level compared to 55 or 60 years ago is profound.
I'd say it started with Ibanez in the early 70s.