The Online Guitar Store - Fender Squier Hello Kitty Mini Electric Guitar, Black

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Fender
Color: Black
EAN: 0717669406820
Feature: BODY: Laminated Hardwood
Label: Fender
Manufacturer: Fender
Model: 335101506
Publisher: Fender
Studio: Fender

Features
BODY: Laminated Hardwood FINGERBOARD: Rosewood SCALE LENGTH: 22.75" (575 mm) HARDWARE: Chrome BRIDGE: Fixed Bridge

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Children's Electric Guitar. Made by Fender.

The purr-fect guitar for Hello Kitty fans, this undersized guitar is made to suit smaller guitar players of age 6-11!

Music is one of Hello Kitty's favorite hobbies, and what better way for her -- and you -- to enjoy it than the Hello Kitty Stratocaster guitar!

Based on the classic Fender guitar design, the super-cool Hello Kitty Mini Stratocaster guitar features the smiling, friendly face of Hello Kitty. Features include Hello Kitty logo graphics, and a reduced scale length for younger ages. Although it's undersized, the Squier Mini is a real guitar, with features that are based on those of the classic Fender guitar models. Three single-coil pickups, a fixed, non-tremolo hardtail bridge and five-way switching make the Mini sound as cool as it looks!

Features:

BODY: Laminated Hardwood
NECK: Maple
FINGERBOARD: Rosewood
FRETS: 20 Medium
SCALE LENGTH: 22.75" (575 mm)
WIDTH AT NUT: 1.610 (41 mm)
HARDWARE: Chrome
MACHINE HEADS: Die-cast chrome
BRIDGE: Fixed Bridge
PICKGUARD: 1 Ply White
PICKUPS: 3 single-coil
PICKUP SWITCHING: 5 position blade
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
STRINGS: Fender 9-42

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Summary: A cute li'l attention getter!
Comment: I have the pink version. There is something they both have in common that is so important that I'm mentioning it here, too.

This a short scale, mini-Stratocaster. Many reviews on other sites talk about how hard it is to keep in tune. There is some truth to this, although not for reasons many would suspect, and hence this review.

The problem with this guitar is not its short scale. It is that it has a short scale and relatively tall frets. To start with the obvious: a player presses on the string and once the string hits the fret the note corresponding to that fret is produced. With most guitars, when the string is in tight contact with the fret, the finger is also on the finger board. That is not the case here. In many positions, the finger is not quite touching the fingerboard once there is enough pressure to place the string firmly against the fret. That means it's still possible to depress the string further. When that happens, it's like "bending" the string. The note will go sharp. Since this happens to different degrees for different strings, a properly fingered chord can sound positively AWFUL. However, with the proper amount of pressure, the instrument sounds fine. Think of it as the child's version of the Yngwie Malmsteen Signature model, only the frets are raised rather than having the fingerboard scooped out!

There are two ways to view this. One is that it's a reason to avoid the instrument completely. Another is that it's a good way to learn proper technique--exerting just enough pressure to do things right rather than hold the neck in a death grip.

Otherwise, it's pink and it's Hello Kitty. It's a mini-Strat, so it's small and will fit in the youngest hands. It's not terminally cute. I find it just cute enough.

Also, just for the record, the Hello Kitty logo is responsible for 1/3 of the price, that is, you can find a mini-Strat without Hello Kitty for about 2/3 the price...but it won't be a Hello Kitty mini-Strat.

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