I have a friend who bought one of those Estevan guitars from the infomercial entitled "Gift of music" or some such nonsense..it's on late nights on the National Geographic channel.. for her teenager..it's a standard looking acoustic with a few frills you'd not often see for such a low price and they've been very happy with it. He's taking lessons and he says it performs nicely. I haven't seen it or much of the commercial, but he's not the first person I've known to have gone that route. Best to ask some people here about this guitar though since it's specially produced for the Infomerical and may not have the back-up service you'd want long-term. I think it's a one of those guitars that tries to be the best of both worlds: folk & classical. Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't.

I'll have to ask my Brother-in-law what he did with my old Aspen steel string. If it's playable and he's not using it..maybe I can get it to you for the cost of shipping.