First Act Acoustic Sunburst Guitar, 30 Inch - Brass Acoustic Guitar Strings, Tuning Gear, String Post Covers, Steel-Reinforced Neck, Strap Buttons – Musical Instruments

Bought this for my granddaughter and she loves it. It's not a great guitar and is made of metal but is perfect for a child to learn to appreciate music.

It can be tuned and sounds good, not just a cheap toy. It looks like a real wood guitar, but made of sturdy plastic. Good quality. I got it for my 2 1/2 year old and he’s thrilled with it! It’s a little big for him so you might consider getting a strap.

I gave my oldest son a First Act Discovery guitar for Christmas a decade ago, and it survived to become his little brother's guitar. It's got a solid wood neck, wood sides and back, laminate soundboard, wood saddle, standard bridge, and a fretboard with inlaid frets. I still plink around on it for funsies and change the strings every so often when they go dull. I've even covered up little patches of paint transferred from the walls when it got carried carelessly down a hallway or put down a little to roughly next to the toy bin. With the knowledge of how tough that little guitar is, I purchased this item as a cheap camping guitar thinking I was getting the same build and quality.I was sadly mistaken.The entire guitar is made from prefab plastic pieces that are glued together. The back of the neck is textured, which leads to poor playability and would leave a little kid frustrated while trying to complete chord changes. The fretboard is injection-molded plastic with "frets" that are molded into the fretboard. The saddle is plastic and molded INTO the soundboard. The bridge is a non-standard thickness and can't be easily replaced with standard bridges without heavy sanding, which is a huge problem considering it started making cracking noises just during tuning to standard (EADGBE). Even with stretching the strings, it wouldn't hold tuning on any string.Long story short, purchase another item for your kid or for yourself if you want your kiddo to learn basic guitar or as a travel guitar. This First Act Discovery guitar isn't worth a dime. Jazwares should be ashamed of what they've done to the First Act line of musical products. They used to be a way to actually learn the basics of an instrument; now they're just useless paperweights.

This is actually a 1/4 sized guitar which is fine for learning and younger kids. The problem is that the spacing on the strings is so small it is really hard for an 8 year old to properly play, so I would suggest younger than 8 for this.It does get out of tune quickly, but is fairly easy to re-tune.Overall this is perfect for discovering if a younger child really wants to play guitar. If they can stick with this a few weeks and show interest then get them a real guitar. You will notice the difference. If they don't like it you are only out $35. I bought it for this reason and it worked well for that.

This guitar is so pretty and my granddaughter loves it, but the quality is definitely beginner only as it is not as sturdily crafted. It is good to learn on although ours arrived with two of the strings not threaded properly and it took some time to rethread and tune it.

This was purchased for our four year old daughter and is perfect for her age range. I don't know that I would try smashing it on the floor, but it seems durable enough. The tune doesn't hold well. The sound is alright. Overall, I would buy it again for anyone looking for a beginner guitar for toddlers - as something for them to pretend with, but a few steps up from dollar store cheapies.

Hermosa

Good guitar