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This might be a long post.

So last week I received "my" new (I'll explain "my" in a bit) Epiphone DR-100 that I bought on Ebay. I'm not posting any pics because it's nothing special just a straight forward beginners guitar. Total I spent was $61.

Some back story on the reason I was looking for another guitar:

I have volunteered at an after school program for the past 10 years. The program itself is based on tutoring/mentoring 1st thru 12th grade at risk/under-served kids in my town. That's just a nice way of saying low income. I myself run part of our recreation program. Homework just doesn't fit me all that well so I use other talents that I have.  So, for the past three years we have had access to an old mansion that was bought by a man who had a dream to restore it and open it up to kids. I.E. boys & girls club, YMCA kids, etc.. Just this past year they have implemented a workshop series in which the kids can take classes. Cooking, sports, self defense, photography, art, bike riding (this one I ran), and guitar are some of the classes. It really is an awesome program. One day I get to the mansion to set up the bikes and there was a youth group there to help. I'm making my way to the bike storage area and around the corner comes my guitar student (I've had him now for a few months). Fast forward to the end of the day. We are all sitting on the stairs at the gate of the mansion since the kids had just been picked up. Myself and my "boss" are talking about how the day went and I mention that my student was there. She was very surprised when she found out that I played guitar. I don't know why, I have told her before. She then suggested that if it was ever too hot to ride bikes I could take them into teach guitar. Just me and 10-13 kids on guitar just wouldn't fly as a last minute change. Fast forward another week or so. The idea hit me that we should have a guitar at our facility. We have lots of volunteers and you never know when a guitar will come in handy. So I have been seriously looking for the past few months. Let me tell you, I missed out on LOTS of deals on ebay because I had a limited budget. This is why it's "my" guitar, I bought it and if we were to ever shut down I would bring it home, but I'm gonna leave it at out our facility. The Epiphone should be great for my needs, i do need to put new strings on and lower the action but other than that it's good.

About GAS being justified. My wife didn't like the idea of another guitar. But I told her that if one kid gets interested just by me or someone else playing the Epi then it was worth it. She was better with that so I proceeded. I am kicking myself tho. I sold my first Ibanez just a few months ago. That would have been perfect for my needs. What an idiot I am. Although, it was harder to play than my others so I guess it was for the best.

On a side note, just a few days ago one of our volunteers was asking around about a guitar teacher. I told her that I play and I have a student. She was excited, so it looks like I will have another student. It will be gratis for her since she is part of our program, as I would offer any of our kids the same deal.

Whew, a little long winded but there's my story.