Show us the cheapest guitar you own

[MikeTX]

Ha! The guitar that I PAID LEAST for is my 1969 Martin D28 Brazilian - a whopping $335 bucks in 1970 to the original owner..

Might be worth a dollar or two more now?

[GangstaPat]

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Most of these only cost me $350 each

[Stonesinger48]

Okay, don't have a photo of it where I can get at it, but my cheapest guitar was the first one I bought myself, a Guild Classical Spruce/Mahogany, built in Hoboken, NJ. Paid $165 for it new in 1967. Rosewood fretboard. Took me through college and was played regularly until I got my first Taylor. I promised that guitar I would never sell it, and 47 years later, that is still true.

[HonestCharley]

Originally Posted by SOR

I once found a cheap classical guitar sitting by a dumpster, it was in good shape but missing a string. After restringing it was ready to go, and for several years it was the communal beater left out for our guests, there it was regularly played by the masses. Years went by and I had to move, so I decided to put it back in exactly the same place I found it, still in great shape. I somehow sensed it was time for it to move on to it's next adventure too. The next morning it was gone.

That Sir, was the perfect way to do it!

[ikravchik]

Originally Posted by Snowman19

Wow! Is this a prop from Mad Max?

[ikravchik]

Originally Posted by SOR

I once found a cheap classical guitar sitting by a dumpster, it was in good shape but missing a string. After restringing it was ready to go, and for several years it was the communal beater left out for our guests, there it was regularly played by the masses. Years went by and I had to move, so I decided to put it back in exactly the same place I found it, still in great shape. I somehow sensed it was time for it to move on to it's next adventure too. The next morning it was gone.

That's a great good Karma story. I wonder if the person before you/after you did the same?

[grampa]

My "cheapest" was given to me. It's not cheap though, it's a Martin 5-18 probably worth a couple of thousand dollars. The least I ever paid was $15 for some cheap dread based on the Martin design. I sold it for $15.

[grampa]

Originally Posted by bobdcat

How about this old Silvertone? Bought it off Ebay for $50 - not much more than it sold for back in the 60s. I learned on an almost umplayable one of these but this one plays pretty easily. It must be the only example that does.

That gave me a fight. I had one as my first guitar and still have numbness in my left and fingertips. That was 1963.

[SOR]

Originally Posted by ikravchik

That's a great good Karma story. I wonder if the person before you/after you did the same?

I've wondered that myself. I like to think it's still out there somewhere...

[ricfreak]

This Synchronium / kapok guitar (cost less than $40) was broken and discarded when I found it in a wood workshop.
Gave it a new life and now it is serving full time in Church.

Before pic


After pic

[ADK]

Originally Posted by ricfreak

This Synchronium / kapok guitar (cost less than $40) was broken and discarded when I found it in a wood workshop.
Gave it a new life and now it is serving full time in Church.


After pic

THAT is cool. What a great conversation piece.

My cheapest guitar is a $75 Johnson I got on eBay several years ago. It plays well and sounds good for what it is. It makes for a decent campfire strummer. The blue finish has turned a splotchy green over the years, so I recently stripped it of hardware. The next step is to refinish it. I have a few design ideas. Doing something with the written word is a possibility.

[MHC]

Paid $200 for this used The Loar LO-16. Seller said it was in "near mint" condition - but I couldn't find anything that was not 100% "mint" on it.

Love this guitar.

[syrynx]

The guitars for which I paid least are a 1935 Martin 0-18 and a Danelectro-made Silvertone 1457. I paid $75 for each of them-- the Martin in 1964, the Silvertone in '93.

[Pheof]

Tanglewood TW40-D AN. $500, I got mine for under $350 plus $80 for the case.