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I will be the coolest uncle ever!

madbassplaya

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Dec 28, 2007
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Or atleast I hope so...

I have a six year old niece, that I love to death. My half sister and her husband are pretty much deadbeats and have recently moved back in with my parents, and neither of them have jobs. My niece is as sweet as she could be and I want her to have a great Christmas. Last year, I bought her a small guitar. It doesn't stay in tune, but it was good enough for her to play around on and get her interested in music. She always wants to watch me play, and would play along with her little guitar. This year, I decided i'd go ahead and spend a few bucks and get her a nice little starter bass. I want to encourage her to play music. My parents weren't very supportive of me playing music, so I waited a long time before I started playing.

I bought her this:
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As you can tell its a sparkly hot pink p bass. She is left handed, so I went ahead and got her a left handed model. I thought about teaching her to play right handed, but figure it will come more natural playing lefthanded. It's also a short scale bass. I believe it is a 30 inch scale.

I recieved the bass today, tuned it up and it sounds great for the money. The action was almost perfect, I hardly had to tweak it. I couldn't believe the quality of this bass for such low dow.

Anyway, i'm really excited about it! :hyper: I can't wait for Christmas.
 
Very nice.. I thought about doing the same for my niece and nephew but I'm not sure if their dad (my bro) could figure out how to tune it.

yea, i'm gonna show my dad how to tune it, so he can do that while i'm at college.

i talked to my mom a little bit ago, and she said that my niece was hoping that i would get her another guitar this year...

my niece is gonna be a rocker! :bassist:
 
this bass was a great deal! i got an amp, bass, gigbag, dvd, strap, and patch cord shipped to me for only 157.00. I really wish I would have known about these kinda deals when I bought my first bass.
 
That is so great man. Reminds me a lot of my niece, right down to the dead beat parents.

I think my 5 year old niece may be catching the bug as well. When we have her over the house and I'm sitting there playing, she's like my shadow. I let her pluck the strings once, and she wouldn't stop telling people about how her uncle Jay let her "play his guitar"...and how know one is allowed to touch his guitars (they are basses, but at five they are all guitars I guess).

We are planning on getting her something small but playable soon to see if it catches.

Great story!