| When I played guitar in the 50's and 60's, I | | | | low end guitar. Even good used guitars were |
| was limited by having small hands. There were | | | | few and far between. But, I kept looking. |
| certain tunes I could just not stretch to | | | | |
| play. In those days a guitarist had to spend | | | | In the process I discovered two manufacturers |
| a couple thousand dollars for a custom made | | | | of short neck guitars. I thought - "These |
| git with a short neck or resign themselves to | | | | must be for kids and girls." But, once I |
| a limited song list. That's not the case | | | | looked over the specifications I realized |
| today! | | | | they were not the guitars sold by toy stores |
| | | | at all. These were versions of full size |
| Back in the day we had a pretty successful | | | | guitars that are downsized for small adults |
| local band. We played all the "sock hops" and | | | | with small hands and, yes, even for the |
| even made a nice living playing road gigs in | | | | aspiring lady pickers and teens. |
| the tri-state area of Ohio, New York, and | | | | |
| Pennsylvania under the names of "The Crazy | | | | My number one concern, of course, was quality |
| Tones" and "The Challets". I mainly played | | | | of craftsmanship and sound quality. The price |
| rythym guitar and, on occasion, I played | | | | was a surprise. More about that in a moment. |
| keyboard on certain songs. One thing I never | | | | |
| played and never learned was lead guitar, the | | | | I looked at the Fender Squire and the Ibanez |
| ultimate goal for all guitar players I think. | | | | Mikro. The Fender, frankly, got poor ratings |
| | | | from musicians and from newbies. The Ibanez, |
| Well, I retired recently and decided to | | | | on the other hands, scored a 90% satisfactory |
| revisit my love of guitar playing. I began a | | | | rating among the same group. Based on that, I |
| search for a guitar that offered a nice price | | | | bought the Ibanez Mikro for under $130.00 |
| and good quality. I bid on a few on eBay but | | | | including Free Shipping and Handling. I have |
| quickly found the bids to be almost as high | | | | not been disappointed. |
| as buying locally when you consider Shipping | | | | |
| and Handling. I scoured local music stores | | | | I now play tunes that were almost impossible |
| but found nothing that fit me comfortably, | | | | and I play them comfortably. The quality? The |
| that was at a fair price. I had no idea how | | | | sound? I give this git a 100% positive |
| much guitar prices have gone up over the | | | | rating! |
| years and how much quality has suffered for a | | | | |