Anyway, my son started playing guitar in October (11 years old), and I got him a pretty cheap purple Jackson that he picked out at GC for xmas. I figured something cheap for now, see if he sticks with it, and then something nicer if he does. Well, he plays every day for hours. He's getting better and better, and learning Metallica songs (sort of). I've been letting him do his thing and build his interest, and I think soon it will be time to start showing him how to play these songs for real.
We've been taking GC trips, and the one by our old place is actually pretty decent. HUGE selection of guitars. They probably have 300-500 guitars on the walls there that range from cheap nonsense to $10k PRS private wood library stuff. He LOVES Metallica, so he wanted to play the Iron Cross and one of the KH signatures with the old movie paint job. Anyway...he said he really liked the Iron Cross. These are $1600 new, but I got this one with the HSC for $1050 off Reverb. His bday isn't until August, so I will be stashing it away until then, but it came yesterday and is basically brand new. The case even notes that it was build January of this year lol. He is going to be stoked.
always love to hear about this sort of stuff! I bet he'll freak when he gets it!
