Gone Electric

When I started my lessons in January to learn to play the guitar I always had a hidden desire to play the electric guitar.

When I looked around for a guitar to practise on and to start learning on I immediately looked to a cheap acoustic guitar. The guitar was cheap and cheerful and with not much equipment to get hold of. 

For me it seemed a bit silly to go straight for an electric guitar and all the equipment that goes with it. It would be a bit like learning to drive in a sports car. So my plan has always been to be able to play my guitar and then progress onto Electric. I figured I probably need to be practising for eighteen months or so.

With this in mind I had no intentions of buying an electric guitar any time soon. That was until a good friend of mine offered me at a very good price his old electric guitar and hard case. He had got the instrument second hand four years ago which had been given to the person by someone else.

Having no idea really about guitars I had no idea about the instrument. I noticed on the head of the guitar there was the word satellite so I search on that on the Internet to see what I could find. I found this site which informed me that the guitar was a Fender copy from Japan from the 70’s called a Satellite Strat HH Thru Neck.

I sent the images of the guitar to my guitar teacher and he found this you tube video showing the exact same guitar being played.

I am going to take it along to my lesson and see how it plays by handing it over to someone who can play. If I want to practise on it I will need more equipment including an amp. Not sure my local wildlife and neighbours are ready to hear my playing being amplified.