Why Not a Guitar for

Your Little Boy?

In acoustic guitars, string vibration is transmitted through the bridge and saddle to the body via sound board. The sound board is typically made of tone woods such as spruce or cedar.

In an acoustic instrument, the body of the guitar is a major determinant of the overall sound quality. The guitar top, or soundboard, is a finely crafted and engineered element made of tonewoods such as spruce and red cedar. This thin piece of wood, often only 2 or 3 mm thick, is strengthened by differing types of internal bracing.

The body of an acoustic guitar has a sound hole through which sound is projected. Air inside the body vibrates as the guitar top and body is vibrated by the strings, and the response of the air cavity at different frequencies is characterised, like the rest of the guitar body, by a number of resonance modes at which it responds more strongly.

If you are looking for a guitar for your little boy, there's really no reason to go out and buy him a full size guitar. A small person probably can't reach over the body and the frets will be spaced too far apart for little fingers to play. You need to get something better than the toys you find in your typical department stores that may not be full size but have no professional quality as to construction or sound. Our Classical Acoustic Guitar was selected to fit small hands.

If your little boy wants to learn classical style music, you're in luck. Our string guitar is smaller and more pliable and the best acoustical guitar on the market for your money.

If not or guitar, then You want to consider a guitar with a "Short Scale Length". The easiest way to find this is look at the neck. Count the number of frets between the "Nut" (tuner end of the neck) and the body of the guitar. A guitar with a long scale length will have 14 frets and are more common.

The guitar you want only has 12 frets between the nut & guitar body. There are exceptions to this. Ask the salesperson to make sure. Our short scale guitar is easier to play because the strings don't have to be tightened as much to reach proper pitch and the frets are closer together. Also you can install light gauge strings on the guitar to help if needed.