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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS
Fender Stratocaster VC BTP MIJ
Yamaha THR10
Vox AC15 Limited Edition
"Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully on the strings,with loud shouts"

Buy the cheapest one with the lowest string action.
I would never start a kid on an accoustic.

Wait till she quits when it hurts to press
But, what the hey! Maybe you have a child prodigy

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Thanks for the response Toppscore!



The above statement's what exactly I don't want for her to happen prompting me to go with Electric. Quiting early just because she can't press properly the strings!

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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS
Fender Stratocaster VC BTP MIJ
Yamaha THR10
Vox AC15 Limited Edition
"Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully on the strings,with loud shouts"

You're going to find that she's not going to want to play fretted notes because of the strings hurting her fingers no matter what you buy.
I've played a few minis and no, they are designed to be tuned to A, not E.

Far better off just leaving your guitar around for em to play



Drums are the way to go for four year old daughters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1dxxP0cLJs&feature=plcp

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No no and no

Yes. I tell ALL parents to give them electric guitars with 8's or 9's
and LOW action. Make if fun. I learned first on a Sears Silvertone accoustic
with nylon strings which were hard, then changed to steel strings which was REAL BAD.
I was young and miserable as the wire string accoustic action was too high.
I just did not know any better.

Have fun and bond with the child.
Play, "House of the Rising Sun" or some Bob Dylan songs as a duet.
You'll have a major blast and she will be so encouraged.

Yesterday, I supported my 7th grade nephew who is learning bass in a garage rock band
and going to rock band boot camp. The band played five songs at a local sports pub,
along with three other beginning groups with members from 4th-9th grade.

Most all of the rock songs from all four kid groups played were Classic Rock:
AC/DC, Aerosmith, GunsNRoses, Led Zeppelin, Stones, etc.

I told my sister that I believe the kids were real smart playing songs their parents loved
and could identify themselves. Therefore, the parents would be more willing to be with
the kids at home practice and share approval when parents could actually make sense
and sing along with the young musicians.

This lead to more parent support and more money to buy more rock band camps
and better instruments for their kids.

Don't believe there would be "AS MUCH" support towards the kids if they were practicing to:
Paramore, Skillet, Disturbed, Linkin Park, The Kooks, MGMT, Offspring, etc.

Maybe? Naw, doubt it

Toppscore

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nah... by the way she reacts with how I play with my guitars and pedals, she's more inclined in following my footsteps .We'll just have to get a comfortable time that she will really be focused on practicing after playing her kiddie toys. In fact, she's inspired with this shredder kid from UK 'Mini band' --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpO-0UaHwEE&feature=related

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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS
Fender Stratocaster VC BTP MIJ
Yamaha THR10
Vox AC15 Limited Edition
"Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully on the strings,with loud shouts"

The words highlighted are actually one my goals with her learning the guitar. For us to have stronger bonding, relationship while she is young, enjoy music and have passion in it just like I do. To completely show my support for her... she's more into dancing and singing but she always want to pick up my guitars and strum it.

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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS
Fender Stratocaster VC BTP MIJ
Yamaha THR10
Vox AC15 Limited Edition
"Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully on the strings,with loud shouts"

these aren't bad
http://www.rondomusic.com/furian342ts.html
http://www.rondomusic.com/hawkmn342ts.html
a tad longer scale than the mini strat so E tuning is a bit more stable and the body size is a bit more normal. but no pink

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I gave my daughter a squier mini strat when she was around 7 yrs old. She liked it fine. I tuned it to E and it was great. You might even like playing it. It sounded good and make you feel like a giant playing it. I picked it up at a pawn shop for like $50.

That is Nonsense...
Why would you not start a child on an acoustic. Today's acoustics are really nice, well made like instruments should be, you could start her on a small Classical ( nylon strings ) or a Ukelele,
the goal is to pave a pleasant life-long musical journey, developing an appreciation for music, musical notes and their structure, that really should be the first investment, Rock and Roll, perhaps and perhaps not, maybe someday she hears Hilary Hahn or Anne Sophie Mutter or perhaps Badi Assad or Sharon Isbin ( who recently collaborated with Steve Vai who is no slouch to understanding music theory ).

With small hands and fingers, even a small size strat with 008's for strings is still going to be harsh on fingertips, being steel strings, that is a killer to continuing...

I would add that developing the aural sense is equally as important..

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My son had a hard time with the steel strings also (8 at the time) and it made for a not good experience for him. I got him a classical nylon string guitar, and with that he spent way more time with it, so I'm inclined to agree with 53magnatone on this one.

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I bought a nice Squier Strat for my nine-year-old god-daughter, and she loves it. Full size mind you, I tried the smaller Strats but figured she would grow into it so went with a full-sized version. She still has slightly small hands for chords, so we have been doing lead guitar with minor and major scales up and down the neck on one string, and today doing scale patterns across several strings. She is getting really pumped about playing her scales like a 'real' guitarist!

Today in the local music store she had a go at an acoustic guitar and really liked it. She tried both a Yamaha and a Martin 3/4 style, and found the action to be just right. Guess I have to buy her one of those for Xmas coming up.

So yes, never too early to start a young one out. Electric or acoustic, there are lots of good starter guitars for all sizes.

Not to temporarily hijack this thread here..My apologies but.....
Toppscore.......
How in the world do you confirm your conjecture on future guitar values...
While at the same time..." Older Guitars are Overpriced "... you completely dismiss
current supply and demand, which is what drives older guitars values higher than equivalent current models....Amongst other variables....As far as 80's to 90's guitars holding their value, we are talking about a segment of time when CBS owned Fender. Some of those guitars were at best of inconsistent quality since cost cutting was the determining factor.
It's unlikely that this production time can be assessed for quite some time unless you have a Palantir stone.

You have posted your own opinions on many other threads and that is fine to have an opinion and state it, but it isn't when you state such opinions as facts based on conjecture.
I recall a couple other Forum members calling you on this practice.
If you state something that is unproven and at the very least highly questionable, then it's open for debate or to be debunked. It serves no purpose to anyone especially Forum Newbies to inform them with false info.....
Please try to keep your facts as factual based on solid data. We all have ideas, opinions, theories on the when, where, what and why's but it still is a responsibility that when you join a discussion you are not misleading people on pure conjecture...

That's all I'll say and now back to the OP's thread theme.......

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