Hello fellow non-Friday shoppers. Looking to buy a children's guitar for an 9 and 7 yr old. Any suggestion? Just want something they would be willing to play.
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i am looking at the ibz mikro or fender squire mini strat (electrics). both very good the Ibanez a little better. short scale for little ones. i did a review on that somewhere on jemsite.

One of my kids had a Yamaha something or other which served a purpose for many years (early teens mostly) and before that one of the Spongebob guitars. The Spongebob was definitely alright once given a setup, kept their interest too. Still have it here and bust it out once in a while for a blast!

+1 for the ibanez mikro. I bought one for travelling years ago and I love it to this minute. It should come with a little gig bag too. I did change the tuners on it because I was having tuning issues before I thought about the following solutions; you could either tune the guitar a bit higher than norm, or put heavier gauge strings on. In any case, mikro for the win!

Well, first things first: acoustic or electric?

I was thinking electric. I play way too much Guitarsmith and my kids want to play.

I mean Rocksmith...

Then I'd also vote for the Mikro. Such cool little guitars.

My 2nd choice would be one of the Fender Squier Mini Strats. A friend recently bought one for his kid and they were really happy. I didn't get a chance to inspect it myself though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Ok, just ordered a mikro, white of course. I've read the pickups suck. Anyone with experience upgrading them? Is it worth it?

The Mikro i bought (several years ago) was in-store so it was play tested. PUs sound OK and have some versatility so from that perspective (for a young player) I don't see any reason to change them.