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I want to star learning to play a guitar. What type of guitar should I start practicing on?

Please please help me. thank you

Please read my tips and heed them. It'll save you a lot of trouble down the road.

1) Acoustic vs. electric vs. classical is mostly a preference thing, as the pros and cons tend to even out. It is more expensive to get up-and-running with an electric, while typically acoustics require more hand strength and are a little harder to get going on. On the flip side, though, people I've known to learn on acoustic tend to be better players faster than those who start on electric.

When it comes to a classical guitar (nylon strings), if you're interested in playing anything but classical guitar music, you're setting yourself up for another guitar purchase in a couple years. Also, while the strings are easier to learn on, the fret board is wider and more difficult to navigate for beginners. Learning classical is a great way to be a well-rounded guitarist, but it's VERY serious and in-depth work and a completely different style of playing than what you would do on a steel string guitar. In the end it is usually more than what many people are interested in doing (plus, classical guitar people tend to be a bit snotty, but don't tell them I said that .

2) Try out several before you make your choice. There's nothing wrong with spending an hour or two or more in a guitar shop trying different ones, and it's fun! Also, the guys in the shop are usually eager to help you find the right one (they are almost never like car salesmen trying to get you the most expensive one, either--eight out of ten shops I've experienced are staffed with honest people who love their art and are interested in helping people improve themselves).

3) Don't buy into the idea that the more expensive/nicer guitar you have the better player you'll be. I'm pretty decent (if I may be so vain) and I've never owned a guitar that cost more than $250. I have an old roommate who went out and bought a then-$1000 Gibson SG and a then-$1500 Mesa-Boogie tube amp when he wanted to start learning and the guy can play the intro to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and a few power chords (and he started playing a good two years before I did). An old college buddy of mine snagged a $100 Yamaha from his older brother and rarely put it down and is in the top ten of the best guitarists I personally know (and I know a lot).

3) There are some important features to which you want to pay attention:
a) The size of the guitar (can you comfortably reach the top frets?)
b) How comfortable it is to hold when you sit down with it? (e.g. a flying V may not be a good beginner guitar, or if you're a smaller person, you might not want to get a huge dreadnought acoustic.)
c) If you're getting an acoustic, will you need a cut-away? This is the notch on the top right side of the body of the guitar which is to allow you to more easily reach the high frets. If all you intend on ever doing is playing chords and such, skip the cut-away because it can have an effect on the tone of the guitar, but if you want to do stuff higher up (and let me advise you that you may want to later even if you don't now), getting the cut-away will be a great move.
d) Most important is the ACTION. The action is the distance between the strings and the fret board. A low action is ideal for a beginner because it doesn't take much strength to hold down the strings (and subsequently makes barring much easier).

4) The brands make it a tricky market: the really expensive guitars (and long-standing styles) are almost ALWAYS excellent instruments, but the cheaper guitars can SOMETIMES be just as good or "just as good enough" if you take your time looking.

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