After a number of years of visiting Oregon and trying to play various guitars that my (non-playing but well-meaning) brother picked up at various places I finally visited a pawn shop there and bought a Washburn for $100 including its cardboard case. It sounds OK- a far cry above some of those my brother came up with- and more to the point I don't really care what happens to it in between my visits there. In fact, I don't even know just where it is being kept- and that's OK too. They'll come up with it when I need it.