We live in the golden age of guitars, right now. There have never been so many good guitars, both acoustic and electric, in every price range. Forty years ago, if you bought an electric guitar for $250, it was probably a piece of crap. Now your $250 will get you a decent playing and sounding guitar that will stay in tune and won't have strings 1" off the fret board. I have a few of those (that I really bought to experiment on), and I was amazed by almost all of them. The electrics I play in our band are always in rotation - I tend to play one for 2 or 3 weeks and then switch - are from Fender, Gibson, Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Gretsch. I like them all. I have also put in some time on borrowed Guilds and G&Ls. I like them, too. I have a Classic Vibe Squier Tele that I would bring to any gig without hesitation - it's way better than it should be.
Buy the guitar you like, forget the name on the headstock.
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