Hape Early Melodies - Vibrant Red Guitar Music Set

My son watched as my hub played the guitar and was absolutely enthralled. We got this for him for Christmas and he loves it! It is very well made and withstanding my toddler quite well. I love the strap and how well it replicates an adult guitar.

My 3 year old son saw this guitar in a local store a couple months before Christmas. Ever since, he'd been talking about how all he wanted was "his red guitar." I happened upon a daily deal in December for certain Hape toys and, lo and behold, there was my son's red guitar! Well, the price couldn't be beat, so I bought it immediately!The guitar comes pre-strung with an extra set of strings, two over-sized red picks (perfect for small hands just learning how to strum and pick the strings) and an adjustable shoulder strap, perfect for the preschool to early elementary crowd. It tunes up well, though the pegs do have a tendency to slip easily. The sound quality is much better than other toy guitars geared towards children in the same price bracket. (The keyword here is "toy." While this toy is a great introduction to the guitar and how to play the instrument, if you are looking at seriously teaching your child to play the guitar, this is probably not the product for you.)There was some bubbling in the paint on the back of the body on the guitar we received. It's a bit rough and may eventually peel. Really, though, this is my only complaint. This product has brought my son countless hours of enjoyment and it's been quite rewarding seeing his love of music grow while strumming his toy guitar.

Half of the strings are plastic and not very sturdy. Good for very young kids. Cute design.

This was a Christmas gift for a 6 almost 7 year old. This was by far his favorite gift. He carried it around and played it all day. Extremely well made, would definately recommend this if your on the fence.

Won't even stay in tune for 2 days when carefully played with. Beautiful and made my kiddo happy.Wish I had gotten mine free for a review but I paid for mine. I don't know how all these people got a free one to review.

It is a beautiful pretend guitar, but the sound of it is just horrible. you cannot play it as guitar at all, unless you just want to play it as a toy. I will go for a real kid guitar.

Really nicely made and nice sound for a "toy" - my 9 year old loves it and my 6 and 2 year old do too, with some supervision.

This is a great TOY guitar. Based on some other reviews I was thinking we were getting something worthy of guitar lessons for our 7 year old. We'll definitely have to get her something different for that.