I've been thinking about getting my fingers calloused again (used to play a bit many years ago) but would like to get a decent guitar this time around. Not too expensive or fussy as my kids (teens) are wanting to learn on it (got them Rock Band for Christmas and now they want the real thing). Looking to keep it around the $200-$300 dollar range.

I dusted off my 1969 Traynor YGM-3, plugged it in and it still works! I wouldn't mind a guitar that kind of matches the amp as long as it plays well. It has the JBL D120F speaker.

Any suggestions? I know there are some pros out there. I was only at a typical garage band level back then, played lead for a few local gigs, mostly Eagles, BTO, Steve Miller, that kind of stuff but had a lot of fun with it. Time to get back into it.