Well i'd look at flea markets other than the internet. When ur at flea markets or pawn shops, u can find stuff from the hillbillies sometimes, who dont know what the heck their selling. I bought a squier affinity strat for 50 bucks, just to fix it up. The electronix didnt work or anything, but right now im fixing it up and it plays nice anyways. Im repainting it, and having fun with it, but i just want to start doing stuff myself. So i'd say flea markets, pawn shops, thrift stores-maybe if u get SUPER lucky, just look, garage sales work too sometimes, u never know.