yea, man, pawn shops. are awsome, although i found out that they want top dollar.
if you were to find a average beginer guitar at a pawn shop, I found out that thaey want want its worth, , but you might be able to bartle with them, even though it might be beat up an all,
I use to do the pawn shops all the time to find a cool deal.
there's this one big chain called "guitar centers "
an I see all thes cheeper model guitars for like 99 dollars, an 150 dollars.. ,,, there cheeper beginer guitars, but there brand new, and thats all that matters for a beginer,,, its not like ya need a gibson les paul....
um hold it like you were going to play it an look down on it, and gage the didtance between the string and the fret boord, ,, that called the action,,, the lesser the distance , the better,,
look at the neck to try an see if its bowed out or crooked... , mabe play some noted, and see if any of the notes are muffled , thats called ,, dead spots,, stay a way from them, costs a bit to fix the,,,
Will