Never call an instrument 'cheap'
'Inexpensive' yes, but not cheap. Ultimately these instruments can become the canvas for great music, or at least become the 'vessel' of great memories. I bought this Conquerer guitar in 1977 for $50. The Cousteau Society sticker masks a splotch of putty adhesive from a contact mic I once used. The guitar actually has a unique sound, no better than a Taylor in its uniqueness. The neck is warped, giving a nice high action for slide playing. It sounds like Picasso's "Maquette For Guitar", but not as attractive.
From an interview with Kevin Nealon, former SNL castmember:
"When I was 15 or 16, I had this big old Kimberly guitar from Sears Roebuck that my parents gave me for Christmas one year. I thought it was lost and gone forever. It weighs about 80 pounds and the strings are about 3 inches off the fretboard and it's got four pickups. It's huge. It's like the size of a surfboard. And I was in several garage bands with that — some really great memories. When I moved away from Connecticut I lost track of it, and when I reunited with an old friend of mine a couple years ago, he was cleaning out his father's house after his father died and he found my guitar and he sent it out to me."
From an interview with Kevin Nealon, former SNL castmember:
"When I was 15 or 16, I had this big old Kimberly guitar from Sears Roebuck that my parents gave me for Christmas one year. I thought it was lost and gone forever. It weighs about 80 pounds and the strings are about 3 inches off the fretboard and it's got four pickups. It's huge. It's like the size of a surfboard. And I was in several garage bands with that — some really great memories. When I moved away from Connecticut I lost track of it, and when I reunited with an old friend of mine a couple years ago, he was cleaning out his father's house after his father died and he found my guitar and he sent it out to me."
