Looking for a decent cheap-ish pink guitar

[bloodjunkie]

My cousin(who is spoiled to say the least) wants my aunt to buy her a new guitar with basically the only stipulation being that it's pink, she's looking at $1000 dollar Jacksons and PRS's locally which I said is nuts(she basically strums chords and sings). With that said I can't think of too many of the top of my head that are pink but I don't think they should be spending more than $500(cad). I definitely think it should not have a tremolo as it will just frustrate her.

Any suggestions is appreciated, cheers!

 

[bostjan]

Is she a beginner or has she been playing for a while already? Is she big enough to handle a full size guitar, or maybe go 3/4 or 7/8?

There are lots of pink beginner guitars, but as you move up to intermediate, there's quite a bit less variety.

Fender (Squier) makes a pink mini strat, as do other (non-Fender) companies. I think Dean still makes a full sized hot pink more-shredder-like guitar, that ought to only run about $250 USD dollars.

 

[xzacx]

I think you can get a SL4X for the $500 range. I've been super impressed with the few I've played in person, for the money. Been really tempted to grab one but just not playing 6s enough to justify buying just to have. That has a Floyd (I can't remember which version but I'm sure not the best quality one), but blocked I'd think it'd still have better stability than a hardtail.

 

[Manurack]

Spoiled and wants a cheap pink guitar? Say no more.

 

[bostjan]

Spoiled and wants a cheap pink guitar? Say no more.
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Those were actually pretty awesome guitars, especially for the money. But they went out of production long ago and many of the ones on the used market are alibaba knockoffs.

 

[FancyFish]

The Squier Offset tele is available in a shell pink and is probably the best bang for the buck: https://www.fender.com/en-US/squier.../paranormal-offset-telecaster/0377005556.html.

If she's craving something more "high end," the Charvel DK24 is in available in shell pink as well and burgundy mist.

 

[bloodjunkie]

Is she a beginner or has she been playing for a while already? Is she big enough to handle a full size guitar, or maybe go 3/4 or 7/8?

There are lots of pink beginner guitars, but as you move up to intermediate, there's quite a bit less variety.

Fender (Squier) makes a pink mini strat, as do other (non-Fender) companies. I think Dean still makes a full sized hot pink more-shredder-like guitar, that ought to only run about $250 USD dollars.

Ah yes I should have said full-sized, she's in her late teens and has been playing for a couple years on and off I guess.

 

[mbardu]

The Ibanez RG421MSP in pink sparkles looks pretty neat.

 

[mbardu]

Spoiled and wants a cheap pink guitar? Say no more.
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That guitar is no longer cheap tho

 

[ZXIIIT]

Ibanez GRGM21MCGB Mikro Pink

Daisy Rock Revolution (or any Daisy Rock really)

Solar A2.6PN

 

[budda]

Ah yes I should have said full-sized, she's in her late teens and has been playing for a couple years on and off I guess.

So let her get a pink PRS SE/S2. Seems more like she knows what she's doing (strumming and singing) and you think shes not good enough. It's not your money, let her get what she wants .

If she actually loves the guitar she gets, she will play more and more than likely get better.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier/Bullet-Stratocaster-HSS-HT-Electric-Guitar.gc

Does this count?

 

[Strobe]

Spoiled and wants a cheap pink guitar? Say no more.
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Came here to post this. Well played.

 

[bloodjunkie]

Thanks totally forgot about Daisy Rock!

So let her get a pink PRS SE/S2. Seems more like she knows what she's doing (strumming and singing) and you think shes not good enough. It's not your money, let her get what she wants .

If she actually loves the guitar she gets, she will play more and more than likely get better.

That's a lot of projection on a family dynamic you know nothing about. I'm looking out for my aunt here who doesn't have the money to spend on guitars like that either but ultimately would just so her daughter doesn't go ballistic. Thanks for your concern anyway.

 

[budda]

Thanks totally forgot about Daisy Rock!


That's a lot of projection on a family dynamic you know nothing about. I'm looking out for my aunt here who doesn't have the money to spend on guitars like that either but ultimately would just so her daughter doesn't go ballistic. Thanks for your concern anyway.

Hopefully you have some good conversations with both family members from this

Is Daisy Rock still in production? I havent seen one in a store in Canada.

There's a squier standard strat in pink iirc. but you may be waiting a year on stock.

If she switches "pink" to "purple" that may extend the search a bit.

Where you are in Canada will affect availability too - MTL? TO? Van? Etc.

 

[bloodjunkie]

She seems pretty set on pink, located on Van Isle, cheers.

 

[efiltsohg]

I think some of the cheap Kramers come in pink

edit: maybe not current production but I saw a pink pacer at my local L&M

 

[budda]

She seems pretty set on pink, located on Van Isle, cheers.

See if any l&m's have a pink squier classic player etc (i forget which lines had which colours). It will also probably be a solid guitar. Did epiphone do a metallic pink LP at one point?

 

[Manurack]

Just going to throw this out there - do you know to refinish a paint job on a guitar? It might be a cheaper, and rather fun project to turn a piece of shit guitar into a pink guitar.

 

[Accoun]

Did epiphone do a metallic pink LP at one point?

Various. I think the Muse series (being the most recent one) is still in production?