I play guitar, mostly electric and my 6 year old daughter is inspired to try and learn a stringed instrument. She wants something with a natural wood (looks like my Yamaha acoustic).
She is really interested in my guitar gear and knows most of it, in fact she bust out in tears, when she heard me tell my wife that I was going to sell my VOX amp.
She has tried piano for a year but did not like the pressure of weekly lessons so I want something I could teach her (I am a qualified guitar tutor). She has tried to play my wife's acoustic guitar because it has a smaller bout, but since it is still a full size, she does not reach and I had to place a capo for her to be able to fret chords. She did not complain that I strung the acoustic with gauge 8 steel strings, which were what I had around. She tried to play several times but it is not practical for her. She is not very tall at about 1 meter.
Since she is very likely to play my gear when she grows older, I would really like her to play a 6 string instrument because of her character. What I am a bit concerned is that if she starts on a 4 string instrument and then I give her a 6 string one she would panic and not try to learn it. If she starts on a 6 string instrument and she decided to continue learning ukulele I would have no problem with that. I'd get her a proper solid wood instrument and try to find her a suitable tutor.
So to cut the story short, I was looking into tenor ukuleles and guitaleles, my biggest concern is the nut width. Since my daughter really liked my yamaha acoustic I looked at Yamaha GL1 guitalele but I'm concerned that the 47mm nut width is too much. Personally I do not play anything beyond 43mm because it feels uncomfortable and since my daughter's hands are smaller not sure how she would feel.
What models (guitalele or ukulele) would you recommend?
She is really interested in my guitar gear and knows most of it, in fact she bust out in tears, when she heard me tell my wife that I was going to sell my VOX amp.
She has tried piano for a year but did not like the pressure of weekly lessons so I want something I could teach her (I am a qualified guitar tutor). She has tried to play my wife's acoustic guitar because it has a smaller bout, but since it is still a full size, she does not reach and I had to place a capo for her to be able to fret chords. She did not complain that I strung the acoustic with gauge 8 steel strings, which were what I had around. She tried to play several times but it is not practical for her. She is not very tall at about 1 meter.
Since she is very likely to play my gear when she grows older, I would really like her to play a 6 string instrument because of her character. What I am a bit concerned is that if she starts on a 4 string instrument and then I give her a 6 string one she would panic and not try to learn it. If she starts on a 6 string instrument and she decided to continue learning ukulele I would have no problem with that. I'd get her a proper solid wood instrument and try to find her a suitable tutor.
So to cut the story short, I was looking into tenor ukuleles and guitaleles, my biggest concern is the nut width. Since my daughter really liked my yamaha acoustic I looked at Yamaha GL1 guitalele but I'm concerned that the 47mm nut width is too much. Personally I do not play anything beyond 43mm because it feels uncomfortable and since my daughter's hands are smaller not sure how she would feel.
What models (guitalele or ukulele) would you recommend?
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