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Back story: my nephew (15) is going through a bit of a tough time with health and education issues. Spends most of his life in his room, that sort of thing.
Anyway, he's got a cheap acoustic he's learned a couple of chords on, and I've been able to reach out to him a bit by offering to go over and teach him a riff or two.
But I thought it might be the ratherest thing to show up and surprise him with an electric and give him one of my practise amps: if he's gonna be skulking in his room, at least he can spend some of his time making an unholy racket, right?
One of his things is he's
obsessed with the colour purple. As much as Prince in the early 80s. Hence the thread title. I sincerely believe that if I can find him a
purple guitar, he's that much more likely to stick at it.
So, what's out there? Obviously I'm not looking for a custom shop job, or a genuine '59 LP, but would rather get him something decent that stays in tune rather than the sorts of PoS I learned on (Marlin Sidewinder, I'm looking at you). Thinking perhaps Yamaha, that sort of thing.
WHY?
Inactivist Lefty Lawyer
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https://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier-guitars/squier-sonic-series/
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
Or, Andertons have a few candidates https://www.andertons.co.uk/purple-electric-guitars?pageSize=48&pageNumber=1&orderBy=3
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/246873/fs-cort-x300-flip-green-purple
and @dazzajl is an fantastic person to deal with.
oh, and a strap
Will PM
Gonna give it a good set up and some new strings, and chuck in my amp, as I've barely used it, which that naughty @DrCornelius coaxed me to bag just after xmas:
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/239751/psa-tweed-tone-5w-champ-149-in-boxing-day-sale#latest
All in all, not a bad set up for a youngster taking his first tentative steps into this world of rock, soul, blues and funk, I think.
Top work there squire, you will be rewarded in the Kingdom of Guitar Heaven.
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If he gets bored, first dibs.*
I wonder if you ought to have bought this though? It's being sold by the World Famous Essex Recording Studios so it's more expensive used than it would have been if you'd bought it brand new. It's also an amazing guitar because you could have seen it in an Anderton's video. Best of all, you're helping musicians if you buy it (although how isn't explained). Be quick though, as American's snatch these up(?), although surprisingly this has been on sale for a very long time.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185858042680?hash=item2b4600ab38:g:UIgAAOSwLgdjQe0J&amdata=enc:AQAIAAAA8JY8FEjkeRH3B0IdBclT70JhcubW93jgEWZULIPyedgAkFS648lN1tvfr1MpOCSeAcHiA1fdGrCoCfka39hMuZ3P05WrZQ87tpKvmPXsz/C9uKrtSGcFW8fSa7coHcYX1F8i2CAdf2f3VI6X4BifYTd9+K3uybqwzKJMxfdeOjaVEkHDyYOBMp03yKC7wc+n55SnVr37e9ewxhINDTqKCScSuGBhEVADogAyagpoBSlD4Lmhds06xPYIdKEKd6nQhhQ0wq/U6s4Cy8slHzJAj7BBTICLpwLienrt0xjD2gCmC4koqxFCzB6fhEwKEtt5Eg==|tkp:BFBMoJy61v9h