Whereabouts are you I Wana Rock, some guitar stores sell used gear if that's the way you want to go or if your in the US, Craigslist could be useful, do you have any friends that play guitar, if you're buying used and you haven't played before it's useful to take a guitar player along to check out the gear with you
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