GP ---- We picked up a used student guitar in a local music shop for about $60. It's an Epi, which is made by Gibson, and has quickly become the favorite house guitar, even though Mister and I both have "better" guitars. This particular shop rents/sells instruments to college students, who turn/trade them back in at the end of the year, and the shop sells them for practically nothing. This one is a nylon stringer, but if you have a local shop that rents to students, you may be able to find what you need. Good Luck! ----------Kim