I got back into playing last February after a 46 year hiatus. Wife and daughter bought me a Fender Starcaster acoustic for Christmas. In February, I decided to pick it up and mess around a bit. Then in March, I ordered a Classic Player Fender Jaguar in sunburst (I use to have a 1964 Fender Jaguar in that color which, of course, was pre-CBS). I know I will most likely never get back to where I was back in those days, but I am having fun with it. It was $450 with the blond hard shell case.
Before I got my '64 Jaguar, I had a '63 Gibson Melody Maker single pickup with tremolo. As I recall I paid $110 for that guitar, new. I see that they are going for around $1200 now. I still have a '68 Epiphone acoustic which, though the action is a bit hard, is beautiful and still has its original new smell.