Hookpad is pretty good!

Check out the popular Scaler 2 plugin from Plugin Boutique, also Studio One and Cubase DAWs have a chord track and scale lock/assistant, but also cons...

Amplitube and tonex are an unreal combination tbh..

Eastman's E20M whith a cedar top all solid tone woods Cedar/Sapele sells around $500. A bit over budget but a great guitar especially for a starter. I...