And then there were four


A horrible thing has happened.

The two on the left are my son's, I don't know if they fed after midnight or what happened, because suddenly there were two more.

Left-to-right:
Rogue RD-80 (got it as a kit at Guitar Center, < $150 including a shitty bag, shitty strap, shitty, spare strings, a whistle tuner, you get the idea)
Squier by Fender Affinity Telecaster, Competition Orange ($199 at Amazon)
Squier by Fender Affinity Telecaster, Butterscotch Blonde, Left Handed ($199 at Amazon)
Donner DAG-1CL, Left handed ($128 at Amazon with a nice padded bag, a decent digital tuner, shitty spare strings, decent strap, a generic capo)

That's actually our second RD-80, the first one split at the head within 24 hours, luckily we had purchased accidental damage insurance.

To avoid my wife kicking us out of the house, we are using VOX AC-30 amplugs (~ $35 each at Amazon) and headphones instead of amplifiers.

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