Yeah, had an Ibanez Artist. Traded it for . . . I can't even remember what.

I started with a shitty ass electric and traded it in plus another $50 for something better. I rinsed and repeated myself all the way up to owning a 1958 Gibson Les Paul Gold-top reissue, A USA made Fender Strat, and a Rebuilt Kramer. Took 10 years but I got some killer axes.