NGD, but not for me...

[mojosman]

My grandson will turn 7 next month. Every time he comes over our house he wants to play my guitars. They are too big for him but he sits down and I put on his lap and he strums away at it. I found this Squier mini Strat that’s basically a smaller version of his favorite red Strat of mine that he always wants to hold.

I’ve got a little solid state Crate amp, a stand, and a strap with a cord. I only paid $80 with a gig bag. The little guy is going to lose his mind. I really hope that he takes to it. I’m going to try and find him a good teacher and give him some lessons too.


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[Wattage]

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Awesome!!!!!!

 

[BlueSnMettle]

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Great job grandpa!!!

 

[Dave Locher]

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Even if he doesn't go on to actually become a full-fledged guitarist it is an awesome gift and he will love it.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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+1 to all that's been said so far.

Great present.

I saw those in seafoam green and wanted to buy one for myself just for the heck of it.

 

[beaubrummels]

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I have that exact guitar. Those things work great. Tuners are the weak part but they work. I’ve used mine as a backup or for alt tunings at gigs before. (Short scales sound great tuned down with heavier strings - like for slide work). We’ll be seeing that kid on this board in the future.

 

[JamesPaul]

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If that's the 3/4 scale Strat, I have 2 of them in the basement as they were the first guitars I bought for my boys ~13 years ago. They really did work great! The only issue I remember having was the nut on the output jack kept loosening, so I used some loctite on them.

A nice gift!

 

[Open lane]

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my oldest nephew was extremely gifted musically... until he was teased at school for choosing to play baritone horn. Now he thinks all musical instruments are for nerds.


I'm king nerd

 

[mojosman]

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my oldest nephew was extremely gifted musically... until he was teased at school for choosing to play baritone horn. Now he thinks all musical instruments are for nerds.


I'm king nerd

It’s too bad other kids ruined it for him. On the other hand, one of my sons is exceptionally gifted as an athlete, can play pretty much anything well.

Up until high school he looked like he could maybe be a baseball star, and I love baseball. He was great defensively and could hit. Then as a freshman he had a genuine dick for a coach, and never played again.

He was a really good wrestler, wrestled varsity all four years, and went to States regularly. Skateboarded, raced BMX, and snowboarded, but never played baseball again.

I don’t blame the coach, he really didn’t love playing the game. If he loved it we could have gotten him on a different team. Maybe your nephew didn’t have the passion just like my boy who had all the talent but none of the passion. I wish I had his ability, but I never did.


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[Open lane]

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My nephew plays sports. He seems to love them, although my brother said his younger brother shows more talent at them than him. He knows if he ever changes his mind about guitar, i'm here for him. My youngest nephew is taking a liking for my guitars whenever he's over the house, and i trained him to say his favorite guitarist us "yngwie" which cracks me up.

 

[mojosman]

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I took the boys guitar apart today and conditioned the fretboard after a good cleaning, changed the strings, and got it all tuned up for him.

I threw on a Fender neck plate I had laying around, and I was going to throw on a set of tuners I had leftover from an old project but that would have required enlarging the holes in the headstock and making a series of smaller holes for the little nubs that Fender tuners have to keep them from turning when you tighten them. To be honest it didn’t seem to be worth the effort. The stock tuners are cheesy but they don’t slip, and do what they’re supposed to, so I left that for another day.

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[Open lane]

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Looks sweet!

 

[JamesPaul]

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Upgrades! That will be a keeper for him!

 

[Coma]

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Man, that's is way cool! Good onya!

 

[Artie]

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I have the same guitar, for the same reason: So the grandkids have something to beat on when they come over. Funny thing is . . . sometimes the short scale is fun to mess with myself.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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It’s too bad other kids ruined it for him. On the other hand, one of my sons is exceptionally gifted as an athlete, can play pretty much anything well.

Up until high school he looked like he could maybe be a baseball star, and I love baseball. He was great defensively and could hit. Then as a freshman he had a genuine dick for a coach, and never played again.

He was a really good wrestler, wrestled varsity all four years, and went to States regularly. Skateboarded, raced BMX, and snowboarded, but never played baseball again.

I don’t blame the coach, he really didn’t love playing the game. If he loved it we could have gotten him on a different team. Maybe your nephew didn’t have the passion just like my boy who had all the talent but none of the passion. I wish I had his ability, but I never did.


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I have three nephews like that...good, no GREAT, at everything. They were amazing at football, baseball, wrestling, BMX, golf, tennis, skiing (water and snow), skateboarding, motocross, etc. By the time they were out of high school my brother had a display case 4' wide that was so cram-packed with trophies and medals that you couldn't even see them all (if there was a separate case for each of them, they all would have been full). I was always in awe whenever I would go skiing or play any sports with them.

Some people are just gifted in some area or another. Like some pre-teen kids I've seen after only playing guitar for a year who could be pro.

 

[Artie]

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Like some pre-teen kids I've seen after only playing guitar for a year who could be pro.

It's them dadgum 7-year old little Asian girls who make me want me to put my guitars away.

 

[mojosman]

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I have the same guitar, for the same reason: So the grandkids have something to beat on when they come over. Funny thing is . . . sometimes the short scale is fun to mess with myself.

I was picking away at this one on the couch the other night on a little practice amp. My wife was doing some school work sitting next to me. She couldn’t believe it was the little one. She thought it sounded great. I got to admit those ceramic magnet pickups sound better than I expected


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[BloodRose]

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It's them dadgum 7-year old little Asian girls who make me want me to put my guitars away.

These vids just deflate me... Ive been diddling around with guitars for so many years ( of course there was a big lapse of time after kids where gear was pawned and/or practice time didnt exist) .. TBH I cant play a song.. (I know chords and scales). Then I see something like this.. crazy...


Mojosman,
Very cool what you are doing! I got my son and two of my daughters started playing. (my oldest wasnt really interested in music, my son was more into sports and vocals in a hardcore band) My next to last daughter seemed interested in bass, so I got her a daisy rock bass, that was actually a blast to play and played and sounded quite good. she sold it for weed. : ( But the daughter above her and below her went on to be pretty good players.. All three (of 5) of my youngest have children. Of course the ones that play have guits at home that their kids play. But this is a very cool Idea and hopefully he will take to it!!!

 

[mojosman]

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BloodRose I really hope the boy takes to it too. My wife and I have six kids collectively (3 boys, 3 girls) all are adults now, but only the one grandchild so far. All of the kids were exposed to music, and took lessons of one kind, or another, and all quit playing at some point. My oldest daughter was first clarinet in high school band, but hasn’t played a note since she graduated.

My oldest brother’s youngest son would come over my house when he was young. He would ask to see my guitars every time, and he was like six or seven then. Asked lots of questions, and wanted to hold them all. My brother then moved his family about seven hours away, and I sadly got to see the boy a lot less.

This boy credits me with getting infected by the Guitar Acquisition Syndrome. He says he has vivid memories of my guitar room. The sounds, looking at the various guitars and amps.

My brother bought him one guitar, an amp, and got him lessons. He got really good, really fast. He had paper routes and farm jobs and quietly accumulated one heck of a guitar and Amp collection. He’s mostly a Gibson/Marshall guy. He plays metal and hard rock stuff mostly.

He eventually played lead guitar in various bands, and actually supported himself as a working musician for a short period of time. He eventually got married, and recently had twins, and for a few years now works a regular job, and doesn’t play so much anymore with a young family.

It’s a cool feeling that I played a small role in him developing a love for music, and a hobby. He grew up to be fine young man, and a better player than I will ever be. I’ve made it clear to my wife that if something ever happens to me, I’d like him to have one of my guitars. I hope my grandson gets the bug too.


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