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OK, all you proper guitarists. By the time you read this, I’ll have clicked on the BIN but I’d be interested in your ops all the same.
My sprog has been around the band and my playing for a while and fancies a go on an instrument. Thing is, being 7y.o, he’s not into girls so he’s opting for lead guitar as you lot never pull the chicks 🙂 . Worse still, he’s right-handed so, if the feckless youth packs in after a few weeks I end up with an upside-down guitar (I’m probably better on guitar that way – years of borrowing).
Anyhoo, I do take the point in Wasp’s thread that one should start off on as good an instrument as poss (I wanted a Mustang for the shorter scale, but even Musicmasters are a bit pricey now), but sproggy has the attention span of a goldfish. So, I had to take a look at a Sunn Mustang (good nick) with a BIN of £40. This includes a gig bag, Dod Metal Maniac pedal and a couple of reasonable leads.
It’s the later, Chinese one – not the 80s Indian variety and probably doesn’t have the FMIC copyrighted headstock (‘unfortunate’ crop on the pic). Despite their woeful 2nd hand price, I read a lot of people who like them, particularly the neck. I can read through the average IQ and experience of a HC reviewer. There’s even an old guitarsite thread in the archives.
If anybody has any particular ops and/or advice (I’m reasonably handy on setups. I gather the action is too low and the neck doesn’t like thicker than 9s) please put them up here. Thanks
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