I'm an old retired sax man after 50 years of great fun playing on weekends, but can't take the late hours in clubs anymore. So I decided to take up guitar late in life just to satisfy the craving inside. I bought an Ibanez PF 4 at a pawn shop for $100 and took it home expecting good things, but it hurt my fingers. My son is a dentist and helped pay for college playing guitar. He is good. I took the Ibanez to him and ask him to look it over. He kept it a day and brought it back advising that he had adjusted the strings which were much too high. I am enjoying this guitar now and suggest that it doesn't hurt to get someone who knows to look a guitar over. It is also good to know someone who can help you pick out a guitar. I know saxophones but only know what guitars are, but I'm having fun learning.