Blue Jay, Thanks .. it's been replaced for a while now, with a 3-prong cord, grounded properly. That's my main practice amp now. Although I can't cran...
In addition to the choices mentioned already, I think the Fender Super Champ XD could fit your needs quite well. It has some basic effects, would be l...
I'm guessing (tho not definite) that he means the little black dots on standard notation. Correctomundo. My younger students all get taught to read s...
Noteboat, Thanks for your insight. I can't read music, but my daughter already can on the piano..maybe I should give it a shot with it. Unfortunately,...
At that age, kids are under enough pressure from parents and teachers to learn at school - the last thing they want, IMHO, is for learning an instrume...
David,Thanks for your answer, that zen-like answer is actually very helpful. You are very insightful as usual. The dilemma I had been facing is that ...
With kids that age I teach melody and what the little black dots mean. I've been known to use one nursery rhyme to cover melody, part playing and an i...
Cool .. you're giving me GAS as well. Does it do OK for low volume practicing? (Does it become too loud very quick?)
Thanks for the suggestions. She's at an in-between age: not quite ready for grown-up songs, but starting to be too old for some of the Children's song...
There's always the question of flexibility vs. doing one (or two) things well... I have a couple that do at least one thing well, I guess the next am...
Thanks for the review on the Nightrain, very helpful! I was really curious about how well it does clean/bluesy crunch. I was pretty sure it does the c...
Thanks for the replies! I do like tones on the edge of breakup, so sounds like greenbacks are the way to go. And I am getting more and more convinced ...