The Search Begins

Written by Ava

My little brother has always dreamed of an electric guitar. Somehow though, my parents always made an excuse as to why they wouldn’t buy him one. It was too noisy, it was too expensive, you’ll never play it, why is it even necessary, they said. Just some of the things I heard.

Less likely to be said by the everyday parent...”You could kill someone with that thing!” (Yes, my parents fed him that line.) Has anyone ever heard of someone getting killed by a guitar blow to the head? I guess, I shouldn’t talk, Slash from Guns N’ Roses used to scare the living daylights out of me—all that course wild hair, the way he blew the fuse off his guitar. Sometimes I’d be afraid he’d come for me in the middle of the night, course black hair and big top hat shielding his features so we wouldn’t know what he REALLY looked like. (On a side note: What does Slash really look like cause I haven’t gone online and seen the pictures. He’s probably perfectly normal, but something about all that energy infused into his guitar and thick mane makes him seem so wild.

Back to the guitar. So I’ve decided to do it. I’ve decided to buy my brother an electric guitar for his birthday. Consider me the best sister in the entire world. My brother will be singing my praises for the rest of his life. My parents, however, will freak out. I’m prepared for this and I am going to talk to them about it before I buy, but I would like to present it to him as his gift, regardless of what they say. (Perhaps I can gently coax them into helping me pay for it. One can only DREAM.)

So here comes the fun part. Researching guitars and finally coming up with the best one. I don’t know anything about guitars so maybe you all out there can help me out here. I can afford something pricier (none of them are going to be cheap) but not over the top.

So here we go!