If he wants to play guitar, buy him a guitar, not a bass. With the talents you listed, he might get bored with bass quickly, and a bass is heavier.
The main consideration for a guitar is to get one that tunes to standard. Some of the 1/2 sizes will not. A small acoustic parlor guitar would be good for learning and he wouldn't need an amp. However if he insists on an electric, the pocket sized amps are good for practice. If you want something easy for him to handle, I am selling a Hohner headless. It's small, in a flat case, but very playable. Dan used it as a backup instrument at all his gigs. Unfortunately,, due to issues with his estate, I have to sell all of his instruments. It looks like this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/hohner-g3t-headless-guitar On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:39 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > My 7 year old son has been taking piano lessons for just over a year and > has done very well with it (doesn't hurt that he's perfect pitch and > perfect reproduction). He's asked about learning "basic guitar" (bass > electric guitar) for a long time... before he started piano, and we're > looking into the options for it. > > I tinkered with the bass when I was in school but that was a long time > ago. I was already a teenager as well. Since then, I've stuck to low > brass (tuba). I know what to look for and ask for those. For strings and > electric I'm lost. I thought I would ask the list to get your input on > this. > > Some background on my son. He's 7, severe ADHD and gifted. He's small > for his age, almost 4 ft and skinny. He's deceptively strong and is a > bundle of energy. > > So for the questions - > 1. What size guitar should we get him? I've seen 1/2, 3/4 and full size. > 2. What brand? I would prefer to get him something that is going to last. > We got our daughter a King trumpet on consignment when she picked that > instrument and it was a wise investment. > 3. What kind of amp? I've seen the one on ThinkGeek that clips to the > belt, would that be enough for lessons and practice? > 4. To make sure he doesn't destroy the thing, we're trying to figure some > way to secure the equipment. Do they make cases that lock? > 5. Aside from aspirin and earplugs, are we missing anything on the list? > > Thanks! > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354640 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
