Squier 6 String Solid-Body Electric Guitar for Beginners - Right Handed, Hot Pink (0373702555) | Perfect for Rock, Pop & Blues Performances, Practice & Home Recording

This is a Christmas gift for my niece, she got all jelly when I gave my nephew my old LTD and begged me to get her a guitar, so when I found this sweet pink pick'n stick, it checked all the boxes for a beginner. As a guitarist who has been playing for decades, I can say this is a solid platform for any beginner to start out on and grow with. It's very light, the body is Bass Wood, which is an inexpensive quality tone wood, but you do need to becareful as it does nick easily if you are too rough with it or don't care for your instrument. THE FIRST RULE, when you buy a guitar, even a cheap one, get a quality case to keep it in, if you want to be a musician someday, you need a quality case, other musicians will respect you and take you more seriously if you keep your instrument in a case. So show your instrument some love, and get a case.Now onto the guitar. It comes well packaged and protected in a heavy cardboard box. After unwrapping it I began my inspection and checked the inspection card and went over the detailing and function, everything checks out okay, but the strings have to go, and since this is going to a pre-teen I got some Ernie Ball 11-48's, which are a pretty durable and easy to play string set for beginner youth. Highly recommend the Power Slinky's. So plan on replacing the strings with those or your favorite set. You never want to give a guitar as a gift with factory strings, anymore than you give someone a wallet as a gift with no money in it. Bad juju.The body is a Barbie like pink that just pop's! It's like it's saying "LET'S PLAY!". The controls and switch seem solid and easy to dial. There is plenty of area on this guitar for a young player to add their own 'Hello Kitty' stickers and bling if they want. So along with a set of strings, to make it an extra special gift, as set of stickers would do the trick.The Neck is a D shaped, maple neck. Kinda thick for a beginner, but seeing that its a starter platform you want a thick neck to extend the life and durability of the guitar. String bends and pull off's and overall play ability is comfortable and fun. The tuners are quality as well, after tuning it up with new strings it held tune surprisingly well, albeit I'm still in the process of stretching the strings, overall I'm genuinely impressed with this guitars play ability.Final thoughts... This is not just a beginner guitar, this is a solid platform you can grow with if you get a case and take care of it. I do recommend you get it checked out at a guitar shop for proper set up, but other than that, 5***** Stars!