Electric guitar help and amp too?

If money's no object, Gibson Les Pauls are great guitars in general, but it depends what type you want. I have a Fender Strat, and I think it's amazing. I would recommend the Fender Mex Strat, and the Epiphone Les Paul 100 is a good buy too, so anything like that or within the range would be worth it. As for amps, a Marshall 15 (I have one) is good, dunno about the Fender, haven't used one. I would recommend learning Smells Like Teen Spirit on guitar, as it's easy because it's all power chords, and Beat It by Michael Jackson isn't too hard either, so thats pretty much what I recommend. :)