My cheapest guitar was an old junker that a guy left hanging on the wall in his dorm room when he dropped out of college. It stayed there for a few months, til the night that his former roommate sold it to me for $5 (beer money). It always amused me that new strings cost more than the guitar($6). Terrible guitar, just right for using in a dorm room. Lasted for 10 years til the neck imploded. (Still had the same strings on it... works out to less than $1 a year, LOL)

My best cheapest guitar I got last fall. Walked into the local music store the weekend that George Harrison died, and there was a 1967 Vox Ultrasonic 12-string electric in a custom leather case. The former owner wasn't using it much, traded it in on something easier to play (bad hands, I think) and told them "Try to get it into a good home." Although it was a very cool looking guitar, I couldn't afford the asking price, and wasn't really looking for either a 12-string or an electric at the time. My good friend and salesman "Damn You Ernie" told me, "You have got to play this thing", and damned if once I played it, it just wouldn't let go of my hand. Then he proceeded to cut the price to a point where I didn't want to let go. As I forked over my cash, he told me he'd let the owner know the Vox had gone to a loving owner.

Don't use it as much as some of my other guitars, but it sure can sing.

Blues