Description
Review of the Best Choice Products 30 Inch Kids Electric Guitar Beginner Starter Kit, Pink Sparkle
The Best Choice Products 30 Inch Kids Electric Guitar Beginner Starter Kit is a reduced size solid body electric packaged with a small battery powered amplifier and the accessories a first time player needs. It is built for children who are too small for a full size instrument but want the sound and the look of an electric rather than an acoustic. It appears in both the kids and junior guitars and electric guitars sections.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Thirty inches is genuinely child sized. A shorter neck brings the first three frets within a small hand’s reach, and a smaller body means the fretting arm is not forced outward over a wide lower bout.
- The amplifier is included and runs on batteries. A child can practise anywhere without a wall socket or an extension lead, which removes the usual argument about where the guitar is allowed to live.
- A cable is supplied. Electric guitar bundles frequently omit the lead, leaving a new owner with an instrument that makes almost no sound.
- Single coil pickup. A single coil gives a clear, bright tone that makes individual notes easy to hear, which helps a beginner tell a clean note from a muted one.
Cons
- No scale length is published anywhere. On a reduced size electric, scale length is the number that determines how far apart the frets sit and how tight the strings feel. Its absence makes the guitar impossible to compare properly against other junior electrics.
- Every wood field says only “Wood”. Body, back, top, neck and fretboard are all listed as wood with no species named. A fretboard made from a soft wood behaves very differently from one made from rosewood or maple, and the listing gives no way to tell which is fitted.
- The weight figure is ambiguous. Six pounds is heavy for a 30 inch guitar and light for a guitar plus an amplifier and accessories. The listing does not say whether the figure covers the instrument alone or the whole box.
- Two different dimension sets are published. The specification table gives 30 by 9 by 2 inches, while the description gives 9 inches long by 30 inches high. Neither includes body depth in a form that matches the other.
- Battery supply is unstated. The amplifier is described as battery operated, but nothing says whether batteries are included or what type it takes, and no mains adapter option is mentioned.
Detailed Product Description
The guitar is a solid body six string in a pink sparkle finish, described by the manufacturer as an all wood build designed to look and play like a standard sized instrument. The specification table lists wood for the body, back, top, neck and fretboard without naming a species anywhere. On junior electrics this usually means basswood or poplar, both light, soft and cheap to machine, but the listing does not confirm it. Body wood matters less on an electric than on an acoustic because the pickup, not the body, produces most of what is heard, so the bigger unknown here is the fretboard, where a soft wood wears faster under fret ends and string pressure.
Electronics are a single coil pickup with a fixed bridge. A single coil reads a narrow slice of the string and produces a bright, articulate sound with more high end detail than a humbucker, at the cost of picking up more mains hum. For a beginner learning single notes and simple chords, that clarity is genuinely useful. The fixed bridge means the strings are anchored without a tremolo arm, which is the right choice on a child’s guitar because tremolo systems make tuning harder to keep stable.
What Comes with the Product
The listing states the kit contains the 30 inch guitar, a 5 watt battery operated amplifier, a plug in cable, a gig bag, an extra set of strings, a guitar strap, extra picks and a cleaning cloth.
Not included: batteries for the amplifier, a tuner, a capo, a stand, a mains power adapter, a headphone lead, and any lesson material. Buy batteries and a clip on tuner with the guitar or the first session will be spent hunting for both.
Who It Suits
This fits a child of roughly six to eleven who has asked specifically for an electric guitar rather than an acoustic, and a household that wants the whole setup in one box without researching amplifiers separately. It is also a reasonable gift where the goal is to find out whether the interest is real before spending more. The guide on what size guitar to buy for a child helps match the length to the player.
Look elsewhere if the child is over about eleven or tall for their age, because a 30 inch instrument will be outgrown fast and a 36 inch model would last longer. Anyone who wants published specifications they can compare should also be cautious here. Similar junior electrics include the LUCKWBQ 30 inch kids kit with a 5W amp, the YMC 30 inch kids guitar and amp combo, and the ZENY 30 inch kids electric kit.
How to Maintain
Wipe the strings after every session, because a child’s hands leave more residue than an adult’s and cheap strings corrode fast. Take the batteries out of the amplifier if it is going to sit unused for weeks, since a leaking cell will destroy the circuit board. Unplug the cable from the guitar rather than leaving it connected, because the jack takes leverage from a hanging lead. Store the guitar in the gig bag or on a stand rather than leaning against furniture, where it will eventually fall. Clean the sparkle finish with a barely damp cloth and nothing solvent based, as glitter finishes haze easily.
Tips and Recommendations
Order a clip on tuner and a set of batteries alongside the guitar. Fit the strap and adjust it so the guitar sits at roughly the height where the player’s forearm rests comfortably on the body edge, since a badly set strap causes more early frustration than any specification on the sheet. Keep the amplifier volume low at first so a beginner hears their own mistakes rather than covering them with noise. If a string breaks, change the whole set rather than one string, and how often guitar strings should be changed explains the reasoning. Expect to replace this instrument within two or three years as the child grows, and treat it as a stepping stone rather than a keeper.
Product FAQ
Are batteries included for the amplifier? The listing does not say. It states only that the amplifier is battery operated, so plan to buy batteries separately.
What age is 30 inches suitable for? A 30 inch instrument is typically described as quarter to half size and generally suits children around six to eleven depending on build and arm reach.
What wood is the guitar made from? The listing does not name a species. Every wood field simply says “Wood”.
Can it be played without the amplifier? Only faintly. A solid body electric produces very little unamplified sound, so the amp or a headphone amp is needed for real practice.
