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Is It Better For a Child To Learn The Acoustic or Electric Guitar? What Is A Good Kid Sized Guitar?

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Should I learn to play the acoustic guitar or electric guitar?  Which is better for a child to learn? Which is easier to learn – acoustic or electric?  Where can I buy a good child sized guitar?

We get these questions fairly frequently.  They’re good questions… with annoying answers…

Ok.  Obviously, you should choose an instrument that suits your son or daughter’s style.  For example: If your child wants to play heavy metal, a nylon stringed-classical-instrument probably isn’t the way to go… or is it?

No.  Probably not.

So – all musical tastes aside – let’s break this down…