How to buy a pawn shop guitar the safe way
There is something about pawn shops. In fact, some people recorded whole albums about them. As a man, I think its the smell. Seriously. Next time you walk past a pawn shop, walk in and take a big huge sniff. Its the smell of a potential bargain, a possible rip off. Pawn shop hunting is the modern day civilised hunting expedition.
On a recent hunting trip I managed to trap a PRS SE Single Cut Soap bar Model. Its an SE, so its a Korean model. I had a look online and it lists for about 700 pounds, so its still a bargain.
Basically, I was looking for a cheap guitar case at the pawn brokers because Im one case short these days, and as I was leaving I saw it in the window. I came home, asked the better half if I can get guitar number seven and she said ok, because she knows how much I want a PRS, and [suck up mode] because she is the most lovely person in the word [/suck up mode].
I went back up to the pawn broker, and asked for a play. It was awful. Absolutely unplayable. He said he had it in there for a while and that it had been reduced because for some reason he cant sell it. All the problem was is that the...