Junior Drums & Guitar

Mammamia17

Hi All

I've just ordered the following for my kids (6 & 5) and just wondering what your thoughts on them are..... probably should have asked for advice beforehand but there you go....

http://www.thomann.de/ie/millenium_mx_jr_drumkit.htm &

http://www.thomann.de/ie/thomann_junior_gitarrenset.htm

Also this is going to sound stupid but I presume the Amp will have a European plug on it & that I can just buy an adaptor.....haven't ordered anything electrical online before.

Any advice would be welcomed...

martinedwards

you'll need these too.......

the guitar will be fine, the amp will be just alright (with an adapter) but if you get a zoom multi effects unit off ebay for under £20 it'll open aload of opportunities

as to the drums?

sorry, not a clue, but I'm GUESSING that it'll be more a toy than a gigging kit.

but hey!

they're 5 & 6!!!

I wish my folks had bought ME instruments at that age!!!

Mammamia17

Cheers for that....Are the ear defenders for me or them????

the guitar will be fine, the amp will be just alright (with an adapter) but if you get a zoom multi effects unit off ebay for under £20 it'll open aload of opportunities

I have no idea what that is or what it does so it'll probably have to wait until they show some potential or continued interest....

as to the drums?

sorry, not a clue, but I'm GUESSING that it'll be more a toy than a gigging kit.

I expect so...for the minute anyway.....can't see them rocking out any AC/DC numbers for a while yet

Squidgy Black

martinedwards wrote: »

you'll need these too.......

the guitar will be fine, the amp will be just alright (with an adapter) but if you get a zoom multi effects unit off ebay for under £20 it'll open aload of opportunities

as to the drums?

sorry, not a clue, but I'm GUESSING that it'll be more a toy than a gigging kit.

but hey!

they're 5 & 6!!!

I wish my folks had bought ME instruments at that age!!!

To be honest, getting effects for a 5 or 6 year old is pointless. At that age they'll be more than content with strumming away never mind trying to mess around with an effects board. I couldn't even read properly at that age never mind mess around with effects patches!

As for the kits, they're grand. Unless you're planning on setting up a Jackson 5-esque kid band that'll gig around the world, they're more than perfect for kids to whack away on. Maybe try and find someone to tune the drums if you can't do it yourself (there's hundreds of tutorials online) and buy a tuner for the guitar. You'll be hearing a hell of a lot of noise, so you want to make it sound as pleasant as possible.

As for the ear defenders, trust me, you'll definitely want a set.

Other than that, get them lessons to teach them how to play, it's not something they'll pick up themselves at that age.

Mammamia17

To be honest, getting effects for a 5 or 6 year old is pointless. At that age
they'll be more than content with strumming away never mind trying to mess
around with an effects board. I couldn't even read properly at that age never
mind mess around with effects patches!

As for the kits, they're grand.
Unless you're planning on setting up a Jackson 5-esque kid band that'll gig
around the world, they're more than perfect for kids to whack away on. Maybe
try and find someone to tune the drums if you can't do it yourself (there's
hundreds of tutorials online) and buy a tuner for the guitar. You'll be hearing
a hell of a lot of noise, so you want to make it sound as pleasant as
possible.

As for the ear defenders, trust me, you'll definitely want a
set.

Other than that, get them lessons to teach them how to play, it's
not something they'll pick up themselves at that age.

Thanks....will do!!