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Are you looking for a used guitar? Let me tell you about how I went about choosing, how I looked at used guitars, and how I ended up with my guitar.

First off, let’s assume you are looking for a first guitar - basically a first used guitar. I start off there because if you are experienced, then you probably know how to find the used guitar that you are looking for - or at least you have a good sense of what you are looking for…

I know someone who picked up a very nice used guitar at a pawn shop for $100. It has really nice, low action… and it sounds great. A really nice guitar, and a great bargain for the price. Actually, that used guitar was a great bargain for twice the price.

The key is that the buyer of that used guitar - Amanda (also know as “Amanda Earth And Sky” for reasons that are just a little to obscure to write about here) had a hidden weapon. Her boyfriend, Michael B, is a very experienced guitar player… and he could help here sort out the good, the bad, and the ugly among used guitars.

I can’t imagine a brand new guitarist walking into a pawn shop to look at used guitars. The odds are they would end up with some unplayable piece of junk with super-high action.

Of course, this doesn’t just apply to used guitars at pawn shops… with any used guitar you really have to be know what you are doing before you buy one. Otherwise, you could just have an expensive mistake. And worse, that mistake might keep you from enjoying guitar playing and could really thwart your learning.