Kid Guitars
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It seems as though every time I turn around we have another guitar player in the family. My husband, my father –in-law, my brother all have been bitten by the bug. There’s no escape! Now my ten year old son wants to get into the act. My first response was, “We don’t need any more crazy guitars in this family!” You have to understand that I truly say this in jest! I love my family to death and we are all very close it’s just at times I feel competitive with the guitar for their attention!
I met my husband as a teenager and at that time he was the lead singer along with my brother as the bass guitar player in a very popular band in our town. I thought he was next to God and I was never so happy when we first began dating. After we got married the band started to fizzle out but he continued to play here and there with my brother and his father at local events, coffee houses, churches, etc. They still play today and I do love to see their joy! (as long as they don’t forget about us!!)We are happy to purchase an amateur guitar for our son and hope that he will get as much joy out of it as his father, uncle and grandfather seem to. Time will tell!
My very dear mom wants to get my son what he wants the very most for his fifteenth birthday and she is willing to split the cost with my husband and I if need be. We told her that what he wants more than anything in the world right now is an electric guitar. We told her that we have been pricing amateur guitars. She told us that she would be willing to support us financially in this venture in any way that she can even though electric guitars aren’t exactly her cup of tea!
My mom is a bit of a character but she has such a good heart and would give you the shirt off her back. In her eyes any instrument not suited to be played in a church service is not worth having. I believe her own words were, “I’m not sure what purpose those crazy guitars serve but I love my grandson and I want him to be happy”. Despite her narrow minded thinking, her love for us and wish to see us happy overrides any opinions she may have and I am very grateful for that!
As a father who has been around for a while I can offer some input and some insight. I have five children, a 25 year old son, and a 21 year old daughter to my first marriage. In my second marriage, I have a 15 year old daughter, a ten year old daughter and a six year old son. It seems like I have been a parent for forever having witnessed all the stages of childhood and adolescence over and over and often in succession. Kids go through phases, try on new identities and as a parent and at times a “single” parent, I have done the very best I can to be there for my kids in the way they need me most!
Birthdays seem to be a constant event in our home that we are always preparing for and just seem to “sneak up” on us! It seems that all my kids are really into music! My oldest son from my first marriage has played drums for years and still plays in a well known local band in our area. It all started when my first wife and I bought him a kids drumset at the age of six. He’s been playing ever since! Now his kid brother, my six year old wants a kids electric guitar in the worst way as he too wants to play guitar in a rock band some day! I said to my current wife, “I’m not sure I want to look for crazy guitars when it seems like only yesterday we taught him how to tie his shoes!” I guess since our six year old is the youngest, I want to savor his childhood as long as I can and thinking of him playing in a band is something I’m just not ready for! But as my wife maintains purchasing him a childrens guitar doesn’t make him that much closer to moving out and being on his own. I must admit that I rather agree!
I don’t know what I’d do without Aunt Lucy. She is more than an aunt and is actually more like a second grandmother! When it comes to birthdays, she always comes through. She has the financial resources and that’s a good thing but I also don’t want her to spoil the kids too much. One year she bought my daughter a new laptop she wanted that I told her she had to wait to get for her birthday. While my daughter was very happy about this it wasn’t an absolute necessity.
My teenage son has a birthday on May 19th and more than anything wants a beginner electric guitar. I don’t have the money for this right now as much as I love music and am a musician myself, (I’ve played piano and been a church organist for years) Aunt Lucy is excited and says that she is more than happy to search for some crazy guitars! While Aunt Lucy is quite ambitious, she is not savvy with the internet so I will surf the net to look for amateur guitars. I guess my kids are quite blessed to have so many caring adults in their lives!
My mother is such a wonderful grandmother and I love and at times even envy all of the attention she has given her many grandkids. She is aware that her grandson Tad, (my oldest and quite musically ambitious son) wants a new electric guitar in the worst way. We got Tad a kids electric guitar when he was just seven years old and now at fifteen he has become very eager to reach “Rock God Status”. Tad will be sixteen in April and I just told my Mom what he most wants for his birthday. She wasn’t surprised but also can’t always quite comprehend what Tad loves so much about those crazy guitars anyway.
However Mom is a real trooper and whatever makes her grandchildren happy, will ultimately make her happy as well. I just wish that she had spoiled me the way she spoils my kids! Oh well, seeing my family happy is really the most important thing to me now. I also want to get Tad a new guitar case and gig bag. I think he will be very pleased. I already know what guitar he wants so now it’s just a matter of ordering it and waiting for it to arrive. I just hope that when he becomes rich and famous one day he won’t forget his “Dear old Dad”