I would say, that in that price range ($180) new for electric guitars, I would look at guitars with fixed bridges.
The guitars with the tremlo arms (whammy bars) in that price range are usually very cheaply made and keeping the guitar in tune becomes a pain in the rear. Just skip that whole potential nightmare and stick to guitars with fixed bridges for now.
In that vain, I would look into some of these:
For the Squier line up:
Tele (Single-coil/ Single-coil pickups):
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier/...Fingerboard.gc
Strat (Single-coil/ Single-coil/ Single-coil pickups):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...od-fingerboard
Strat (Humbucker/Single-coil/Single-coil pickups):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...el-fingerboard
Mustang (Humbucker/ Humbucker pickups):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...el-fingerboard
That said, If it was me looking in that price range, I'd be very tempted to buy this Ibanez. I find Ibanez to have better hardware at this price point over the equivlent Squier guitars.
GAX30 (Humbucker/ Humbucker pickups):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...sparent-cherry
And, truthfully, I would spend the extra bit on this model.... I like the extra tone/volume controls, the color, pickup covers and pick guard..
AX120:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...-blue-metallic