My Son’s First Guitar

I mentioned in an earlier post that my son had a good guitar before I had one. When he got the guitar bug, he wanted an electric guitar.  We bought him a Red Squier Stratocaster starter pack with the upgraded amplifier. He had enough natural music talent and drive to be able to learn what he wanted on his own. I was also able to show him some chords and techniques. Not having access to a good guitar never bothered me that much. I was comfortable playing guitar even though my skills weren’t that developed.  In college, there always seemed to be an extra guitar around the fraternity house if someone wanted me to entertain. I enjoyed playing these better instruments but wasn’t motivated enough to get one for myself.

While the cheap, red Stratocaster was my son’s guitar, I found myself going up to his room to play it often. Playing his guitar was the most fun I ever had with a guitar. The cheap small-scale guitar that my parents bought me when I was a kid had made it to my son’s room too and I started playing it more often.  My interest in guitars was growing.  I was also getting more into writing songs around this time.  I was writing songs that I thought would be best performed on acoustic guitar. Soon, I would buy my first good guitar and in the next couple of years I would get my first electric guitar.