Lack of Proficiency: Without prior playing experience, you may not be able to fully utilize the capabilities of an expensive guitar and may miss out on its potential. Beginners can learn effectively on affordable guitars designed for the learning process.
Learning Curve: As a beginner, it's more important to focus on developing playing skills rather than investing a significant amount on a high-end instrument. Improvement and expertise come with consistent practice and time, regardless of the guitar's price.
Initial Frustrations: Beginners often make mistakes or may accidental knock or drop the guitar. A cheaper guitar can help reduce the stress or worry of damaging, which would be amplified for expensive instrument for someone still unfamiliar with proper handlings techniques of guitar maintenance.
Budget Allocation: Allocating a large sum of money to a first guitar may limit resources for important accessories and learning materials such as lessons, tutorials, or accessories like picks, capos, tuners, etc. Instead, a mid-range guitar with some extra budget for these resources to accelerate learning.
Resale Value: Beginner usually grow beyond their first guitars at some point, as skill progress. Reselling an expensive beginner's guitar might become challenging without much demand, thus limiting the recovery of a substantial portion of the initial investment.