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  1. October 1st, 2010, 10:53 AM #1
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    Thanks, folks. She's nine, and small for her age. I think it's going to have to be a smaller guitar for her. The mini-Strat gets consistently good reviews, although I was kind of hoping for something really simple (one pickup, one volume). She saw the Daisy Rock kids' guitars and is now almost obsessed with them. If the mini Strat is going to be a better guitar (or an SX for that matter), then she'll just have to live without a butterfly guitar.

    I own two SXs, a Douglas, and an Agile AL3000, so I'm quite familiar with Rondo, and had in fact thought of them first when I was starting to seriously look for a smaller electric.

    Amphs: I have several small amps that she can use, so that's not an issue. I'm thinking about giving her my Vox Pathfinder 10 for her starter amph.
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    Ding, ding, ding, ding....

    We could have a winner here, folks!

    The features you asked for, a fantastic price @ $69.95, and it looks like it comes with the old, more attractive headstock!

    Well, what do you think?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bloozcat
    Ding, ding, ding, ding....

    We could have a winner here, folks!

    The features you asked for, a fantastic price @ $69.95, and it looks like it comes with the old, more attractive headstock!

    Well, what do you think?


    http://www.rondomusic.com/product2202.html
    That's actually the one that caught my eye, BC. I just wish it was a hardtail, but I guess I can just not tell her about the whammy until she gets the hang of playing. Too bad Kurt doesn't have one in purple...
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    The kid that I'm teaching has a Laguna. I'm not impressed with it.

    The intonation is more than a bit funky.

    SX is probably a good choice as you well know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NWBasser
    The kid that I'm teaching has a Laguna. I'm not impressed with it.

    The intonation is more than a bit funky.

    SX is probably a good choice as you well know.
    Why not fix the intonation, then? Takes 10 minutes?
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    I like that strat copy from Rondo with one humbucker.

    Why not tape it off and spray paint it purple? Sand it with some very fine fine sandpaper or steel wool and just spray it with some cans of spray paint from an auto paint store. It would be high quality spray paint, maybe even urethane spray or something like that that will dry hard, designed for touching up cars. Very durable. Go slow, several thin coats. Avoid orange peel and drip.

    I like hot rodded guitars but haven't painted any yet. I've relic'd one; never thought I'd do that but my son's friends scratched and dinged up my cherry burst Squier strat deluxe and I decided to use my palm sander to sand out the dents and ugly scratches. Now it has sanded off patches that look real good and I have given the bare wood patches coats of linseed oil to seal the body from moisture, wiping off all the excess oil. Looks great and I then put in a set of "Fat 50's" Fender pickups and it sounds really great. I really like the fat fifties. Next some EMG active single coil noiseless or some other strat noiseless in another strat.
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