Rayk
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Sometimes kids just don't understand how complicated the whole coordination thing is.
Very few things come "naturally" to anybody, tell him it's just like a sport, it takes a lot of practice to learn how to bat well, or dribble, or even stay on a bike without falling over..
Also Stuball's advice about starting off with really simple 2 or 3 chord tunes is very good.
Were you trying to teach in your native tongue?
Play along song yes good idea , needs to be able to play chords first .
Yes Al lol my native tongue 5 floggings for you sir !
When I as 15 my Mom bought me a cheap acoustic for like $15. I couldn't put it down, practiced 4 hours a day, to the detriment of my homework. Then I went and bought an Epiphone hollow body electric and played it through my stereo. Almost thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Can't believe I sold that Epiphone!
Anyway, just thinking your boy might appreciate an easy-playing electric a bit more for starters. You can get an Epi LP for $79 and a cheap amp, that might help motivate him to play guitar...
Yup electric guitar decided to give him my Monoprice fender strat copy whammy bar and all this very morning .
It’s a well built and finished sunburst that sounds pretty good , whammy even stays in tune no matter how hard you beat it !
70 bucks new I’ll add a few pics later on .