Whats your recent cheap guitar deal you had to have

[zombywoof]

A 1930s Regal-made Oahu. Snagged this one out of the back room of a small Mom & Pop store where they stash the stuff they take in on trade but do not think is worth taking up scarce wall space. $100 out the door. Ladder braced with a solid spruce top and flame maple body and a hard V neck. Had some bizarre hand-made top loading bridge on it when I found it which is now gone. Shows every mile put on it but a good player with a surprisingly big voice.

[Shades of Blue]

Maybe not cheap, but I'm starting to get enticed by the Martin Dread Jr.

[Arjan1961]

Martin 00-18V , found it not used in a case from a widow who after 5 years was ready to sell it after her husband passed away. Case was new and so the guitar. Price i paid in The Netherlands was 1800 dollar... for Dutch standards that is real cheap. Great sound and easy to play... just love it and will never sell it.

[Gary1953]

My latest cheap deal was a 1974 Guild F50NT for $150. I posted about it here. http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=495922

[Earl49]

In my case, it was the Alvarez baritone ABT601ESHB on the Musician's Friend sale. I even went back and ordered a case for it two weeks later. So far, so good....

[00Buck]

A beat to death Sigma DM2. I paid too much so won't confess. It sounds pretty for an all laminate. A big section of fingerboard binding is missing, nut is cracked, and it's got about 2/32 of saddle left on the first string. Bought for novelty and repair experience. I'll fix it up, keep it for a month or two, and sell it for less than I paid for it.

I used to burn through expensive guitars. Now I look for cheapies that offer a learning experience.

[L20A]

With all of the discussion here about going smaller, I decided to go to my local GC and see why everyone is looking to buy smaller sized guitars.
I have played smaller guitars over the years but none of them ever spoke to me.
So I started with the smaller Martins in the OM size and while I liked some of them, the price was more than I wanted to pay.
Taylor was the same. Some nice guitars but the price was too high.

Next I tried a few Yamaha and Seagull smaller bodies.
They just don't have enough projection or bass for me.

I was about to leave the store when I noticed a lonely Washburn sitting all by itself. It was a bit smaller than a Dred and was a thing of beauty.
Wooden bound body and neck with Abalone in all the right places.
Rosewood Back and sides, just like I like.
I thought that it would be one of those all show and no go guitars.
Boy was I wrong!

To my ear, it was the best sounding smaller guitar in the store.
The model is HG 27SE.
I left the guitar there as I was not looking to buy at the time.
Went back home to look up specs for the guitar.
Nothing anywhere on the net for it.

I went back to GC and asked them what they knew about the guitar. I was told that it was a special order for Musicians Friend and was a limited run.
I took the guitar home with me this time.
The price was $399.99 inc pickup.

There will be no more of these guitars imported to the USA because of the Rosewood ban.
I'm happy that my timing was good and I got mine while they were still available.

[jpd]

Delta-00 for $300. Saw the sale price and jumped on it. Not afraid to use it in areas that my other acoustics would be *in-danger*

[CRM]

On the Saturday before Christmas I went into a Marshall's store for some last minute shopping and there was an Ovation box behind the check out counter when I went to pay for my items................well being me I took a look at it and for $199 I couldn't pass it up right?

[zombywoof]

Not my most recent but the King of all el cheapo guitar finds. A late 1930s to early 1940s Regal jumbo 12 string. It was found sticking out of a trash can.

[varmonter]

1933 supertone dark knight parlor.

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[Goat Mick]

Mine would have to be my Martin DM. This thing just booms and sings. And I got it for $450 with a Martin Hardshell Case.

[Reidclifford]

Paid $2200cad($1770usd) for my ceo7, it was used and only a year old when I bought it. Great condition. It goes for $3419cad($2750usd) new at the same store.

Paid $2599cad($2090usd) for my HD28vs a few months ago, and it was going for $4999 cad($4021usd) before it was discontinued. This ones about 12 years old, but in amazing shape.

[fazool]

I love Martin 15-series all mahogany guitars. I've cycled through several but always sold them off due to nut width. I wanted an all-mahogany OM style, preferably cheap enough to play on the patio and leave out there while I went in the house etc. Basically a campfire type guitar.

I picked up a solid top, laminated body Ibanez artwood AC240 mahogany guitar. The spec's are exactly what I wanted and it sounds great. Not perfect but great.

I got it in mint used condition for $180. Incredible deal.

[Greg Rappleye]

Bought a used, nearly spotless, blonde, no-cutaway Epiphone EJ-200 for $350.

Replaced the saddle, nut, and pins with bone.

Installed an L. R. Bagg's M-80 sound-hole pickup.

Replaced the Epiphone pick guard with a genuine NOS Gibson SJ-200 pick guard.

Replaced truss rod cover with Gibson Custom Shop cover.

Replaced the machine heads with gold Gibson "lamp" heads.

Bought it a nice leather Gibson strap.

It sounds great (particularly amped), and is as close to a Gibson SJ-200 as I am ever likely to get. From stage distance, it's pretty much a ringer for Tom Petty's SJ-200.



Greg Rappleye