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Gallery: Bottom Feeder Reader's Edition

We asked to see your best bargain gear finds in the Bottom Feeder world—and what a wonderful world it is! Here are some of the cheap and unique instruments Premier Guitar readers are wheelin’ and dealin’ around the world.

Tessa Jeffers
By Tessa JeffersNov 01, 2013
Tessa Jeffers

Tessa's career in journalism has taken her from the Midwest to the Middle East and back. In addition to writing about music for publications like SPIN, Tessa has worked as an arts editor and investigative news reporter. She currently lives in Music City, Tennessee.

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Calgary Jones loves his cherry suede Peavey Vintage 410 so much that wrote a blog about it its journey: https://gavsterfourten.blogspot.ca. Total cost for the 6L6 power tube rebuild? Just $42 CND—and he did the work himself. 

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