Decent kid's electric?

[syo***]

I've seen (but not played) the Daisy Rocks at trade shows. They looked pretty good. Decent hardware and all. Looked on ebay and saw some new short scale models that fit the high end of your budget (buterfly model included). Probably with any guitar of this level though, you should play it before buying. Although if you are adept at doing fairly simple fretwork (leveling primarily) you'd probably be ok buying onlne. Guitars on this level seem to most often suffer from unleveled, poorly dressed frets.

[FrankenFretter***]

I've seen (but not played) the Daisy Rocks at trade shows. They looked pretty good. Decent hardware and all. Looked on ebay and saw some new short scale models that fit the high end of your budget (buterfly model included). Probably with any guitar of this level though, you should play it before buying. Although if you are adept at doing fairly simple fretwork (leveling primarily) you'd probably be ok buying onlne. Guitars on this level seem to most often suffer from unleveled, poorly dressed frets.

Thanks for the advice, Syo. I've never done any fret work. I'm not saying that I can't learn it, but that would mean more tools...

I've had pretty good luck with the stuff from Rondo. Leaning that way at the moment, but it's still going to be a while before I'm ready to buy.