That would be a very good choice with lots of room to grow into. Been using M-Audio keyboard controllers here for several years, a little 49'er and the big 88 Keystation Pro, love 'em.

A guitarist might also consider a Roland GK MIDI pickup plus one of the early and thus inexpensive Roland Guitar Synths to provide MIDI output to the computer and be able to record those string parts in realtime on a familiar instrument.


--Mac