Gap Kids
The Perils Of Buying Your Teenager A Guitar
Pardon us while we climb out of this generation gap we fell into recently. It may take us a while – there’s nothing that can make you feel so old as realizing your youngest child has come to a point of mature judgment in life. Here’s how it happened to us.
A few months back he started taking guitar lessons. And to his parents’ amazement, the kid was actually good at it! What’s more, he stuck to his lessons and the accompanying practice like peanut butter to the roof of your mouth.
He kept practicing throughout the summer on an old guitar he borrowed from his teacher. One day after he finished his rehearsal, he mentioned casually that he might progress to an electric guitar in the fall. His father took the hint and started checking out online music stores and even auction sites for ads offering an electric guitar for sale. Unhappily for our limited family budget, even the sale prices on guitars came close to what we could afford.
Not wanting to get our youngsters hopes up, we kept quiet about the guitar search. Somehow, though, he overheard us discussing the topic one night after dinner. (Why is it that teen-agers who can never hear you calling them to help with a household chore suddenly develop sonar when a subject that concerns them comes up?) Despite the uncertainty of our acquisition, our son was suddenly over the moon about the prospect of getting his own guitar.
Once we got our son to calm down reasonably, we decided it was the better part of valor to consult with him about the purchase. Dad explained that because a guitar was a big investment, involving both the instrument and an amplifier, our son would have to meet certain expectations. He had to keep up with his lessons and his practice. He had to keep up with his chores and his schoolwork. And under no circumstances was he to loan his guitar to any of his friends.
However, we got a major parental jolt when Dad inquired about which model of rock ‘n roll guitar our son desired.
A sober countenance quickly overcame the ecstasy on our son’s face. Although we’re sure he thought his parents were utterly clueless, our teen explained patiently that he was learning to play classical guitar, not rock ‘n roll. He wanted something that would serve that purpose, such as a Takamine acoustic electric guitar
Then after a moment, he added we also might consider the Ibanez acoustic electric guitar.
You could have blown us over with a feather! Here we middle-aged Generation X-ers were contemplating our sprout turning into a god of rock, and instead he’s preparing to become the Andres Segovia of his generation!
Yes, friends, there’s still a generation gap, and we fell right into it. See you when we climb back out.
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