http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/ Engadget Comments for Mattel drops new details on I Can Play educational guitar http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/I know they have Guitars for $100]]>Jul 28th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/
If you're going to teach a kid how to ride a bike, you wouldn't send him to spin class...]]>Jul 28th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://tinyurl.com/ysd3k5]]>Jul 28th 2007 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/
Or, for $120, Epiphone offers the PeeWee (a mini Les Paul), or the VeeWee (a mini Flying V), both of which include a 9V-powered amp.]]>Jul 28th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you.

Woo woo woo.

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But more importantly, it's easier to learn on an electric guitar (I'm talking about real ones now) than it is an acoustic steel-string, as the neck is both thinner and narrower, the strings are generally closer to the fretboard, and the string gague is typically much lighter. All of which aid small/weak hands in mastering chord fingerings and training muscle memory. Starting a kid on an acoustic may dissuade him or her from continuing because the cumbersome guitar body may be too awkward for them to hold, or the fingering may be too difficult on a traditional neck (this goes for mini acoustics, as well).

Classical (nylon) guitars... well.. that's just a different story. As much as I love the sound of a good Spanish nylon, I've been playing guitar for about 8 years now and STILL can't traverse those thick, super-wide necks no matter how hard I try! I do have small hands though...]]>Jul 28th 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 28th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 29th 2007 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Jul 29th 2007 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/28/mattel-drops-new-details-on-i-can-play-educational-guitar/Aug 13th 2007 11:22AM