Pawn Shop Prize

[Scary Guy]

Almost every musician has gotten a cheap guitar that was overlooked by the masses at a pawn shop only to absolutely fall in love with the instrument. My question is what is yours? What instruments in your arsenal have you bought at pawn shops or off the internet that are worth little monetarily, but priceless to you? Here are mine:

SX 12 string acoustic electric. This thing has a red-burst finish, rosewood fretboard, solid tuners and only needed minor adjustments out of the box. Add to the fact I only paid $80 for it including shipping and it immediately became one of my favorite cheap guitars.

First Act Garage Master Volkswagen guitar. It's white with black pickguard and control covers with custom VW knobs, smooth precise tuners, rosewood board and a sweet sounding built in distortion circuit powered by a 9 volt battery. This one originally came with a Volkswagen Jetta and has the VIN of the car it came with as the stock number, but I picked it up from a pawn shop for $75 and wasn't out the thousands for the new VW.

Late 80's Japanese built Squire by Fender P-Bass. It's a little beat up with dings here and there on it's solid candy apple red body, but it sounds, feels and plays as well as any quality vintage Fender from the 60's and 70's I've ever played. And again, I only paid $75 for it at a pawn shop.

Damn I love me some pawn shops

[J0nn0666]

Looks like you've picked up some real bargains there mate! We have pawn shops in the UK,but most of the ones i've seen mainly do jewellery.We have a chain called Cash Converters,which is kind of a pawn shop.I've seen lots of good guitars in there like Fenders and Ibanez.I even saw one of those great big ole rock n roll Gretsch guitars once...but their prices are so high,you'd think they were selling brand new stuff,not second hand.Only thing i've bought from the one we have in town is a small fender practise amp.