I'd stick with what you used to learn RC. If you're a beginner, you can choose I guess.

A race mate of me switched transmitters after racing a pistol transmitter for a few years because the though stick was superior and the fast drivers like Ongaro drive with a stick. Basically it took him a year to be as fast as with pistol radio. So 12 months of racing and he isn't any faster.
I'm sure that if he raced 12 months with a pistol transmitter that he was used to, he would have improved.