That's quite common in these parts actually.
My only classical for many many moons now is a 1976 Alvarez Cosco parking lot meet guitar that was posted on CL by someone's mom, kid had long ago abandoned the guitar - $75 - strung as you see with steel strings but taken to the next step for "better action", no bridge saddle.
Bridge saddle had been taken out, apparently in the way. It played, but not very well.
Also had initials burned into the back through the sound hole in quite large letters.
A fabulous sounding guitar. I've never wanted to sell it, or upgrade it.
It was caseless, so I haunted eBay until some horrible classical showed up on eBay from Goodwill Seattle - they get a lot of stuff - with a nice case with Japan stamped hinges, I snagged it and sold the guitar on CL super cheap. The Alvarez sleeps in the case year around, only sees the light of day when I check on the sponge.
Back in the day, I used to take it out to parties and people liked the tone, it does a mean rendition of Love Story and plays random bits from my childhood like Jeux Interdis. Someone asked me once during a break, "What kind of guitar is that?", because it's not something a lot of people have heard.
Alvarez chiaroscuro with peppers
Has a nice top, cedar maybe, but has nice bearclaw.
And the saddle I made from bone.
