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My daughter is taking up the guitar and really wants a pink electric guitar.  I have been looking around, unsuccessfully.  I also know little about electrics.  I don't really want to go to another group to ask this - I have picked up enough attitude already in the music stores - so I thought I would ask here first - any ideas on where I can get a pink electric guitar and, more importantly, what I should be looking for in an electric?

Answer:
http://www.fender.com/resources/colors/ Fender has Shell Pink.  My nephew recently purchased a Fender Standard Strat for $349.  You might have trouble finding this color in a store and have to order it. These have got very good reviews - very much targeted at girls in design and people with smaller hands in their shorter scale lengths http://www.daisyrock.com/ Try this : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38082&item=373... I think that like the others here you might look at the daisy rock. I saw a cute hart shaped electric in the music store today and I will ask my friend who works there if it comes in pink, the one they had was purple and how much they are. You should be looking for exactly the same things in an electric as in an acoustic - tone, playability, good quality hardware, decent setup etc. Tone is hardest, because if you want good tone you have to get at least a halfway decent amplifier...probably more than the guitar to buy, and even harder to find in pink.... Does your daughter play the guitar at all at the moment, or is this a whim? How old is she?  I'd be tempted to teach her the basics on an acoustic and see whether or not she shows any progress before lashing out on a load of hardware - electrics are highly value added - guitar, amp, straps, leads, picks, fuzzboxes, phasers, EQ gadgets, roadies, drummers, bassists.... Pink is the least of your problems.. They don't get any pinker than this…http://www.daisyrock.com/ The pink paisly strat would be perfect.  A cheap strat is a very playable guitar for the money.