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You can buy 4 Squidders for the price of 2 Abu 7000s.
There's no substitute for your thumb. If you want to use centrufugal brakes to their best advantage, you'd set them optimally for a certain specific weight lure and the prevailing wind conditions. That would require adjustments whenever you changed lures and/or locations. If you set them for a wide range of weights and winds, you still have to fine-tune with your thumb in real world fishing. When a metal lip "balloons" on the cast, or a big pencil popper starts to tumble, you have to be ready with your thumb to avoid a backlash.
As far as magnetic reels go, the best one for real world fishing is the Penn 525 Mag. That's one fast reel with the stock mags, even harder to control than an unmagged Squidder. Less thumbing area so you almost have to rely totally on the mags.
Once you cut your teeth on a Squidder, you'll notice how easy it is to transition to a Newell if you make that switch. Requires much less thumbing. Pick up an Abu and you may find you only have to apply minimal thumbing, as the level wind slows spool speed.
Rather than spending all the cash on bells and whistles, you might want to mag a Squidder. It'll cost you less than $10. grandpa old spook has posted many times on the ease of making this mod. You won't have variable mag capability, but the mags will tame it and let you educate your thumb more slowly.
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