Page 1 of Musical Instruments at Netto

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These are not musical instruments. They may look like musical instruments but they are far from it. I work in a music shop and this kind of crap is a nightmare. We see people bringing stuff like this to us all the time.. "It won`t stay in tune", "This bit`s fallen off.." - well it`s because you think that you can spend £25 on a guitar and still expect it to be good.

If you are buying one of these guitars to give to a child and expect them to learn with it then think again. A cheap badly made guitar will put a young guitarist off - rough frets, bad action (the height of the strings above the fretboard), cheap tuning heads will all conspire to cause aches and pains in their hands. Your £25 bargain will be shoved under the bed to collect dust within days and your kid will be put off learning an instrument for good.

The clarinet and flute shown here will leak air from badly fitting valves and if you give them to a kid doing lessons then fully expect to get a polite letter from the woodwind tutor
telling them that this instrument is not of a high enough standard to learn on. We see it happening all the time.

If you really want to get your child into music then please go to your local music retailer rather than a grocery shop. Buying a musical instrument is not the same as buying a tin of beans, a loaf of bread or a DVD player. Making music can boost your kids confidence and help with creativity and education. You wouldn`t send your kid to school with a broken pencil.

It may be more expensive initially but you will benefit in the long run. They will give you the right advice and sell you the right instrument for your budget. The can provide you with the tuition contacts and materials to get you off on the right foot and hopefully build up a relationship with you that will develop over the years.

I know times are getting hard (for us shopkeepers too, but that`s not why I am ranting on here) but it would be much better if you didn`t buy a musical instrument at all rather than buy the crap that the supermarkets are offering you these days. Buy second hand or at least speak to someone you know with a bit of musical knowledge before you throw money down the drain. Sometimes something that looks like a bargain can be exact opposite.

Well that told you! :D

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It wasn`t really directly a rant at the OP but more of a general rant about the crap that is being sold as musical instruments these days. I just hope that folks stop wasting their hard earned money on this rubbish.

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It wasn`t really directly a rant at the OP but more of a general rant about the crap that is being sold as musical instruments these days.

I knew that really, just had to reply to keep my post count ahead of the rest... :)

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We`re on a baby hunt and don`t think
we don`t know how to weeeeeed `em out.

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It may be more expensive initially but you will benefit in the long run.
You could buy a decent Stagg or Yamaha acoustic guitar for £75, which would be immensely better than this type of crap from Netto.

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or a DVD player

Oi. The supermarkets sell crap DVD players to. You are not alone with seeing the problems people have with quality of the cheap stuff they buy from them.


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so do some erhm specialist retailers to ;)

altho the cheap dvd player I got from Llidl has worked great and has 3yr gtee for £24-99

mmm chocolate

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Oi. The supermarkets sell crap DVD players to. You are not alone with seeing the problems people have with quality of the cheap stuff they buy from them.

:) But a crap DVD player isn`t going to put you off watching and enjoying movies. A crap guitar might put a keen kid off playing music which would be sad.

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But a crap DVD player isn`t going to put you off watching and enjoying movies

If it was giving me a crap picture due to the cheap components it would, and then baby Jesus would cry.

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