Re: Beginning Beginner


"Arlowe" <bare.arsed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mn.65127da23cb499bf.90583@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Squier explained on 10/02/2010 :
Tim C. <spamtrap@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:51:48 -0500, Squier wrote in post :
<news:090220100651484906%squier@xxxxxxxxxx> :

How can you be so sure? Have you tried one? ;-)

yes I have.

You admit it? A braver man than I.

it's just a painted piece of wood.
if that's brave then you really must be sheltered. ;P
rock on!

The sad truth is that a Hello Kitty guitar is supposed to be a cheap beginner guitar...unfortunately too cheap to be playable out of the box.
I had a quick session with one in a shop a few years ago...I thought I had accidently picked up a hello kitty Dobro. the action was that absurd.

That paradox comes up fairly often in this group - the only thing good about beginner guitars for beginners is their price. - But an experienced modders joy.

The problem I would have with playing a guitar like the Hello Kitty (or one with, say, spikes and skulls) has nothing to do with manliness, it is the feeling that I would have to be a bloody good guitarist to front up with something like that. But even then there's an element of double bluff - "if he is brave enough to play that thing he must be good".


Tony D

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