He's a very nice kid and the lock down has him seriously fucked up from a social aspect. He just feels so awkward without a normal high school routine and not seeing his friends and stuff. His mom said guitar made him happy for the first time in months
She wants to buy him an electric and asked me what should be his first guitar and she showed me a Mexican HSS that he had his eye on. I said "Send him over to me. I have guitar center in my basement and none of the sales shtick. We'll find out what he likes and I'll steer him in the right direction."
I'm not teaching him any guitar because that's not my strong suit. What is? Gear.
He knows nothing about electrics other than the name of the Trinity (strat, tele, LP). I had to explain to him the difference between single coils and humbuckers, what the switch positions correlate to what pick ups are activated, out of phase sound vs. 1 pick up, etc. It was really fun watching his eyes light up as things made sense to what he was hearing and what guitar he was using. I kept it pretty basic but let him know there is too much to know and he should ask me as the questions come rather than listening to me do a lecture.Afterwards he said "Dude, I've been looking for someone like you. All my friends are lame.". I just told him that I've been through all the guitar bullshit of learning what does what but I had to learn through the internet and buying too much shit. I figured it would be cool for a newbie to have someone guide them through the beginnings of gear and steering them clear of pot holes and salesmen.
Tl/dr; all my worthless gear knowledge helped someone, today.
