Hello Kitty Stratocaster goes high-end

Oh Hello Kitty, you adorable little tease -- usually the items graced with your lovely visage are priced with the budget-conscious Japanese schoolgirl in mind, but frankly we're a bit surprised to see you endorsing a product that's going for an eye-popping $21,625. That's right, for the same cost as almost a hundred of those regular Kittycaster guitars, Sanrio and renowned retailer Mitsukoshi are offering a super-limited-edition Stratocaster from Fender that features an over-sized homage to the frisky feline on the pick-guard along with a blown-up version of her famous signature on the neck. Surprisingly, your twenty grand doesn't even seem to buy the usual gold-plated, jewel-encrusted gaudiness found on most products in this price range, but what you're really paying for here is exclusivity -- Mitsukosh apparently has one of the only three models that were manufactured. Sure, we love us some Hello Kitty, but for this kind of loot we'd rather buy a ticket to Japan and camp out in one of the Sanrio stores for a few weeks, using hundreds of plush Kitties as a mattress.

[Keith Sheehan @ Jun 30th 2006 5:56PM]

The perfect guitar for Lisa Loeb. Unfortunately, she's mostly acoustic.

[Randall @ Jun 30th 2006 6:40PM]

Hey,

I don't think a post about hello kitty could go without a Paul Miller reference.

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/01/IMG_6347.jpg
http://meta.engadget.com/2006/01/11/gear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas/

Later,

Randall

[bliss @ Jun 30th 2006 9:23PM]

I'm surprised that the body of the guitar isn't pink... come on people! Hello Kitty IS pink *sigh*

[Vince @ Jun 30th 2006 9:36PM]

There are plenty of black hello kitty products in Japan, and besides, a pink guitar wouldn't give much contrast with the white kitty...

The store in question is "Mitsukoshi". The authors of the authors at linked page dropped the final 'i'.

[y @ Jul 1st 2006 9:32AM]

The black guitar makes her look even the more sexy! I agree with Vince and would add that the black makes her pink bow stand out! Black and pink is and has always been my favorite combination! Hello kitty, the rocker kitty!

[cford @ Oct 1st 2006 11:16AM]

there is a pink one:
http://guitargearnews.blogspot.com/2006/10/squier-hello-kitty-strat-electric.html

there are also guitar picks:
http://guitargearnews.blogspot.com/2006/10/fender-351-med-black-hello-kitty.html


There was a headphone amp as well, but I believe it is discontinued