I'll be heading over to either Guitar Center or Motor City Guitar tomorrow to buy a Gibson Les Paul Studio. At BEST, i'll be looking at spending $1000.

Unfortunately, that's not my ideal budget. I'm going to try to bargain it down to $900 including tax. Does anyone have any hints or tips on doing this? The guitar salesmen get paid on commission.

Right now my resevoir of techniques are limited to "This guitar is brand new? I see a couple scratches on it, right here." and "Well, this guy at (MCG/GC) said he'd give it to me for about $930. You can't beat that? I know you buy these guitars for around $500."

I got my first guitar for $600 when it was worth $1200. That was an absolutely stunning move on my dad's part. But i'm not 12 anymore, so my daddy won't be there to help me out.