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| I dont even know if there is such thing, but what is the best value-ed guitar for under $50? Like something that is at least playable.
Reason I ask is because I have a nice 1778t, but this kind keeps taking it to play...and it's so hard to get him to stop. he takes it from my room as if its his simply because I taught him how to play the guitar. I get mad sometimes because he mistreats it (hits his random desk and bed) and also because he takes it when I want to play it sometimes. And i guess whats worse is that he takes it without asking me and I get super mad and just sit in my room and fume. I know a 1778t isn't the most expensive guitar, for a poor college kid who used his own money to buy it...it counts for a lot=/
So yeah, Im just looking for a very cheap playable guitar to give this guy for his birthday so he has no excuse to come snooping in my room.
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Location: East Tennessee | Estaban or Wal-Mart :D |
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Location: Jet City | I bought a desert/beach guitar that seems to play decent. It's an older AE (I wanted a cutaway) Mitchell. I believe it's a Guitar Center brand.
Anyway, I paid less than $100 at a pawn shop, and that's probably the place to start shopping anyway. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Damon67:
pawn shop and garage sales. It's approaching that time of year in your area.
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Join a gym with the money and  ! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | 50 BUCKS! ??? ...
You might be better off putting an ad in the paper stating you'll pay $50 bucks for a good used guitar. That way someone hard up for cash will bring one to you. You may be pleasantly suprised with the results.
Hey! I might try that one out myself. Could be a way to raise cash for another GOOD guitar. |
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| haha,..yeah..im not expecting much...i just really dont want this guy to touch my guitar again...heh. and when he plays it, it doesnt sound too nice anyways=/ |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Try a Locking Case... Locking your Door...
Buying a Hammer, and telling that kid that you will strike him with it if he touches your guitar again.
I have a 1778T and it cost me more than a week's pay, also more than a month's rent...
So Yes, that is an expensive guitar!
Inform him that people die everyday over less money! |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Seems like it's more important for you to put up boundaries than to buy this irresponsible kid a guitar.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I can barely have dinner for $50. Good luck finding anything, and let us know how you do. If you score something that cheap, then it will likely play and sound like it, in which event it will fall far short of your kid's expectations and he will soon be back after yours. $100 to $150 is probably more reasonable. |
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| Jus' keell heem. Mek it sloooooow.......
(see cliff for details) |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | 1) ... JUST SAY NO!
2) Tell him to get a job and save up for a 1778T of his own. You could volunteer to assist him when he gets his cash together. In the mean time I'd mention I saw him mishandling yours, and ask that he not use it anymore.
3) Kick his arse.
4) If he's a lot bigger than you. Tell him you're buying a gun. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | $49.95 and it's yours.... It's a Roland too!!
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Location: GA USA | I'm with Vince. Tell him "DON'T TAKE MY GUITAR AGAIN! I tried to be nice, but you abused me." |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Jim, thats just another 'box' guitar. |
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Location: NJ | A 2x4 'cross his fingers & he won't be ABLE t'play it . . . |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by muzza:
Jim, thats just another 'box' guitar. But its a ROLAND!! Got to be worth a lot. (at least cost a lot) |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
Seems like it's more important for you to put up boundaries than to buy this irresponsible kid a guitar. +2
Reminds me of a few years ago. One of my brother's in law kept borrowing his dad's (my father in law) nice carpenter's level. So that Christmas, his dad bought him a level of his own.
I asked to borrow my father in law's boat. |
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| Hahaha, maybe I should buy that Roland guitar. After owning my 1778t and hearing the beautiness...I have resolved to get a couple more ovations before going back to box guitars...but man...
But its a ROLAND!! Got to be worth a lot. (at least cost a lot) hahaha |
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| I probably should just tell him to stop taking it. Maybe I will..but 2 problems for me,
1) He is pretty big (and my roommate for next 2 years and this year because we already signed contract for apartment)
2) This would...for some reason not play cool by him. He would get very mad and do something stupid like come in when I'm not here and break my guitar. Oh yeah, and the doors don't lock (not within the rooms) |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Juniodude, WTF?!?!?
Are you serious? You are willing to let this guy walk all over you because he is bigger?! That is way not cool.
If you really think that he will break your stuff if you stand up to him, do you think it makes sense to live with him? Wow.
You need to establish your boundaries, and quit awfulizing about what he might do. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
$49.95 and it's yours.... It's a Roland too!!
Oh my gawd, that's a PD-8 made in China with the 'two screw-on' neck and an inverse bookmatching top and bottom! 
I've really been jonesing for one of these since I already have the CB case! 
AL , what's the lead time on these?  |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | What's the "market rate" on Integrity & Autonomy these days? $500.00 on a busted guitar, a police report & roomate arrest, and bigger cajones may be a better investment.
Try a new tack, "Juniodude's School of Reconciliation"- "I'll tell you how it's gonna be; you get reconciled to it."
Part of the whole dormitory experience is learning to resolve interpersonal conflict & stupid, insensitive, boorish individuals.
Yep, been there, done that. Frederich Nietsche was probably right. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I agree, no matter how big this guy is, if you approach him with the "that is yours, and this is mine" attitude he will probably back off. Once he knows you're serious about it, you'd be surprised how much respect you can gain. All of the bully's I've seen will only push around the people that will let them. If that doesn't work, revert to Cliff's technique.
edit: I kind of like Vince's idea too.... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I'm not a big guy either, but I learned a really cool secret sometime about hmmm, say 7th grade. Just kick him real hard in the nuts! Then beat the living crap out of him while he's crying like a little girl. After that he will greatly respect you.
The other alternative ... store the guitar at your parents house for the next two years. |
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| hahaha,
thanks for all the laughter guys. ill take a lot to heart...maybe the Roland, maybe the 2x4, maybe the gun=D
on a more serious note, i think you guys are right. Ill just show some less passive aggression and be more firm about it and see how it plays out. Ill probably also bring one of my cheaper guitars to school next semester if it is still a concern.
thanks guys, saved me $50=) (unless i buy the Roland) |
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Location: NJ | y'COULD just LockTheCase . . . |
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| y'COULD just shoot him.
You an American or what? |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | schroeder has it right...we Americans would just shoot him. A nice tradition that started in the Wild, wild West many years ago. :D ;) |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here\'s your solution, for less than $50 :rolleyes: |
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Location: NJ | " . . don't TAZE Me, Dude!! . . ." |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by juniodude:
I probably should just tell him to stop taking it. Maybe I will..but 2 problems for me,
1) He is pretty big (and my roommate for next 2 years and this year because we already signed contract for apartment)
2) This would...for some reason not play cool by him. He would get very mad and do something stupid like come in when I'm not here and break my guitar. Oh yeah, and the doors don't lock (not within the rooms) junio, you sound like such a Nice Guy. Time for No More Mr Nice Guy , and their NMMNG Forum . |
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Location: NJ | btw:
A two-foot length of 2"-dia. wooden dowel works MUCH better than a 2x4, as it's easier to "control" in your hand, has less wind resistance, and will leave less evidentiary "marks".
A few turns of rubber tape on one end makes a nice "non-slip grip", as well . . . |
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| yooze can take de boy outa Joisey, buts yooze can't take da Joisey out da boy. |
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Location: SF Bay area, California | It is your guitar and you setting you boundaries will get respect.
In the SF Bay area, I search Craigslist for "ovation" often.
Via craigslist, I got a Yamaha FG335 for $40 with case. It has one ding on side below the neck, the ding already covered with a Dean Markley sticker at no extra charge :-) I like it, and don't mind carrying it in the truck when going camping. Peppino D'Agostino remembers buying one like it as a kid, in Torino Italy.
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Location: Upper Left USA | One more bid and this one won't qualify for this topic any more.
I must add that finding $50 guitars is a prerequisite to join the Bottom Feeders League of Gentlemen. I have been in possession of a "Winston" classical that most likely came off the shelf of a local Sears store in the 60's. It belonged to a friend and I have since repaired it but it spent about 15 years moving from locker to locker at my job. It was Lunchtime therapy for cheap! |
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Best Cheap Guitar? (less than $50)