and the learn acoustic -> -> -> progress to electric dogma

that most of us grew up with in the last 2 generations
does require to be tested and challenged..

mostly we were restricted to acoustics
because good electric guitars for us were
priced way out of reach..
same with amps..

pro and luxury instruments & gear that we had to work hard to earn
posess and play.

now its almost too easy for far eastern factories to churn out
fine electric guitars that are better quality
than acoustics at a similar price point..

and the electronic components now required to make modern
Chinese made solid state/digital amps are so cheap
that companies can give away decent quality low wattage
practice amps
[with noise isolating headphone sockets]
in beginners guitar packages..

sure is a different world to when I 1st learnt to play guitar