Best guitars & strings for kids according to redditors

As other posters have said, it's not a fair comparison. Both the US and the Canadian products are sold by third party vendors.

• Amazon.com: Ships from and sold by STL PRO, Inc.
  
  
• Amazon.ca: Ships from and sold by Blue_Bay.
  
  So your complaint should be with STL Pro, Inc. and Blue_Bay, not with amazon.com or amazon.ca.
  
  And as someone who regularly purchases from amazon.com, I usually avoid third party vendors altogether. I'd rather have a product that "ships from and sold by Amazon.com" (or is "fulfilled by Amazon") in case anything goes wrong. It's a lot easier to have amazon deal with returns/refunds/issues than a random third party company.

What's her reaction to the sound of recorded guitar playing (like on YouTube or on a CD or MP3)?

If it's something that you're doing that can't involve her, I bought this $17 guitar for my toddler and it's great. It looks like daddy's guitar but be warned it doesn't play worth a damn. The strings came out of the pegs so I eventually just glued them down. My son still likes "strumming" his guitar. He also has learned to strum daddy's guitar - it took some time for him to learn but it's pretty cool and he's so proud of himself now when the guitar makes that pretty sound.

Amazon I believe. It's Coco themed.

Edit: I am pretty sure it is this one.

https://www.amazon.com/Woofer-Guitar-Discovery-Creativity-Sing-Along/dp/B004Z0VVEK

My daughter has had this doggy guitar we got from target for like 16 bucks. Its more expensive on amazon.

She has had it since she was one and still adores it.

Edit: This brand of toys makes really good quality of toys too. I can appreciate sturdy and not easily broken.

Buy his kid this: https://www.amazon.com/Musical-Violin-Battery-operated-Hey-Play/dp/B06XKR21QJ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1494758577&sr=8-4&keywords=Toy+violin

When the string is touched, it plays one note constantly until let go. It's painfully loud and just drones on and on.

I am obsessed with the brand called B. Toys. They're really well made and made with interesting colors so it's gender neutral but not boring My son and his friends are obsessed with all of their toys. Here are some of my favorites:

Cars: http://www.amazon.com/B-68621AM-Wheeee-ls/dp/B002YITFWK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1394653162&sr=8-2&keywords=b.+toys


Guitar
http://www.amazon.com/Battat-68643AM-B-Woofer-Guitar/dp/B004Z0VVEK/ref=pd_sim_t_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KRP6JRXKC9YQPYQWM3Q


Keys http://www.amazon.com/B-68625AMY-Fun-Keys-Papaya/dp/B0068GWX8M/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1394653266&sr=1-1&keywords=funkeys

Zany Zoo
http://www.amazon.com/B-68625AMY-Fun-Keys-Papaya/dp/B0068GWX8M/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1394653266&sr=1-1&keywords=funkeys

alphaberry http://www.amazon.com/B-68631AMN-Alphaberry-Navy-Blue/dp/B00471FMO2/ref=sr_1_14?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1394653350&sr=1-14

Here is a Dean I just found on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/DIMEBAG-DARRELL-Miniature-Guitar-Pantera/dp/B004QPV8CO

They might have some Washburn guitars too I didn’t look.

Shoot, I may get this one. https://www.amazon.com/Pantera-Dimebag-Darrell-Lightning-Miniature/dp/B07H7XQW57/ref=pd_cp_267_4?pd_rd_w=xYTCb&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=HDAJK0MCMADX3N18TA82&pd_rd_r=f768f839-418b-496e-acbf-419681b10428&pd_rd_wg=AmjUW&pd_rd_i=B07H7XQW57&psc=1&refRID=HDAJK0MCMADX3N18TA82

Gretsch jim dandy

Edit: for a girlfriend one like [this] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M03P08W/ref=twister_B00N28W72G) perhaps.

Kiwi

Melon

Pineapple

There were also some other fruit designs but they were ~$70, as is the spongebob.

Butterfly

Bonus parrot!

Seriously. Super classy. ;D

This thing has a song with the opening riff to stairway to heaven.

Things I've recently received for my toddler that make me want to scream:

• The V-tech Sit-to-stand smart cruiser - because everyone that works at V-tech is a sadistic fuck. The thing beeps continuously and the thing gets stuck in a permanently-beeping mode where it can't seem to figure out how to shut off. Really, anything made by V-tech is built to make parents want to die.
  
  
• Tonka police cars and fire trucks that make real-life volume siren noises
  
  
• The B Meowsic keyboard and B Woofer guitar - not only will they play irritating songs, but they will actually meow and woof the music too

The trick is to remove the batteries and then claim it is broken.

Worked like a charm with this fucking thing.

Hmm ok I get it... I guess another good option would be to get him something like one of these

Get this 3DS so that you can game with people of RAOA :D

This little guitar for my little sister because she always sees me playing with mine. She wants to join in on the fun.

deputydawg

My Mother-in-law bought a Hape Kid's Ukulele for my 3yo son. It sounded OK and was actually what inspired me to get a uke of my own, but after about 6 to 9 months the glue holding the back and sides together started to fail. I replaced it with a KA-S and I'm pretty happy with it. It's noticeably lighter than the Hape but it feels sturdier, probably because it's a "real instrument" as opposed to something marketed to kids. I haven't been able to get my kids' interested in playing it but I leave it sitting out in our living room and I don't have any concerns that it will get damaged.

Multi gauge. http://www.amazon.com/Estone-String-Action-Measuring-Luthier/dp/B00HTUAX1K

Pick punch, make picks out of credit cards and such.

http://www.amazon.com/Pick-Punch-The-Original-Guitar/dp/B005FIFM14/ref=zg_bs_11967641_68

Maintenance kit http://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-System-Guitar-Maintenance-Kit/dp/B0002E1H9W/ref=zg_bs_11967641_80

iRig http://www.amazon.com/IK-Multimedia-Studio-Quality-Guitar-Interface/dp/B00BIRR1TC/ref=zg_bs_11967641_85

Or

Cheap or used interface like a Line 6 GuitarPort, UX1, Behringer U-Phoria UM2, ETC

There’s this guitar that looks like a dog and is probably top 5 things I wanted to-smash-to-bits-because-it-was-making-me-crazy that my kids had when they were about 1. They are 6 now and the batteries have never been replaced, yet it still works. It lives at my parents house since they were the ones that “gifted” us the cacophony maker. They sell it at Target and amazon. https://www.amazon.com/B-Woofer-Hound-Dog-Guitar/dp/B004Z0VVEK

Can you recommend some starter guitars?
I'm thinking:

1. https://www.amazon.fr/Ts-ideen-53371-Guitare-Acoustique-accessoires/dp/B00LB5UYJ0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495934031&sr=8-2&keywords=guitare
   
   
2. https://www.amazon.fr/Stagg-SW201N-Guitare-acoustique-Dreadnought/dp/B000OR5ZFO/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1495934188&sr=8-5&keywords=guitare
   
   
3. https://www.amazon.fr/Bontempi-Instrument-Classique-Protection-Transport/dp/B01MRZ07LB/ref=sr_1_23?s=toys&ie=UTF8&qid=1495934137&sr=1-23&keywords=guitare
   
   Thanks

no, it wasn't a uke. :D it was actually a tiny guitar.

Here's an American version from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Box-MiJam-Drummer/dp/B000FKOXYE

• a small cheap drum set
  
  
• a kid's accordion
  
  
• a harmonica or vuvuzela