What kind of bridge is importent. Try not to get a guitar with a Floyd rose or any locking tremolo system, they are hard to manage and give numerous headaches. Also, make your guitar has an adjustable truss rod. Check the quality of the pickups in the guitar. If they give to much feedback or doesn't give you a sound you desire, don't buy the guitar.
Price is another consideration.
Ibanez, Fender, Epiphone, Danelectro, all make fine products. You buy what fits your taste, and your sound. Look at fender, crate, marshall, buy what sounds best to you. I,m a high school drop out. I've always been kind of interested in learning guitar, but never really went with it.