I just bought one in the Raohe night market, near the Songshan train station. I paid $2600 for it, a beginner’s model. It isn’t too hard to get the basics, but to actually play it well could easily take the rest of your life… the guy who sold it to me was a very nice, though odd looking dude with a black, woman’s wig. His stall is in the center aisle, close to the temple-side entrance.
Most instruments take a long time to learn… its something you cant just pick up and play like an X-box… oh and whilst you are learning string instruments, they sound terrible… I had two sisters who learnt the violin
Also, where are you going to learn? I doubt many people back home know how to play it
I’m going to learn in Taipei, however my chinese is still pretty poor. I’ve played the guitar for over ten years now so i’m not new to music though the guitar is a piece of piss to learn