Update on Guitarzan

Ah, that was pretty simple.

At lunchtime I made a quick trip to a local music store. A nice music store. I learned a few things:

The lady who greeted me knew nothing about guitars.

The kid she asked to help me wasn’t on the clock yet, so he told her where the “cheaper” guitars were.

I picked a nice $800 number from the “cheap” rack and decided perhaps this store was too rich for my blood. FWIW, the owner (I guess) came out and we talked quite a bit about guitars and kids and getting started and you know, I think I might shop around some more before I buy but thank you for your time.

Since then, Google has helped me find:

  • What my son probably wants.
  • What my son will likely get.
  • What I want, among other things. That’s a Pawless, btw, and Vince has been kind enough to share some words of wisdom with me about guitars over time.

To answer a question from the comments, yes I used to play, back when I was a kid. In fact for an exam I once played “Margaritaville,” which did not amuse my teacher too much. I had another teache that convinced me that Jethro Tull was awesome. It didn’t take much convincing, but learning to play some of their stuff helped with the appreciation quite a bit. I haven’t touched a guitar in probably twenty years, so to say I was rusty would be too kind.

The search shall continue…

Did Jimi Hendrix’ dad go through this?

I was just wondering if Jimi’s folks had a hard time buying him his first guitar.

My son, who will be six waaay too soon now, has announced that he wants a guitar. And a motorcycle bike. Without training wheels.

And between sobbing about my little baby growing up, and sobbing about the price of musical instruments, I don’t know what to do.

See – I could buy him a guitar from Toyz Backward R Us for what – thirty bucks? BUT – what if he likes playing? I can’t let him play on some piece of crap guitar that probably has a Power Ranger on it, can I?

On the other hand, there are some really, really nice guitars out there. But we still need back to school stuff and, well, the mortgage and car payment would be nice.

So my first step is to look around at the local music shops and see what they have. (I’ve already looked at Ebay and Amazon, but with a guitar I think I’d like to hold the darn thing and see what I think, instead of looking at a thumbnail and description. They call me old fashioned)

Wish me and the young Mr. Nugent luck.