I've got free time and for once a lack of particular noise constraints (during the daytime) so I'm seriously considering finally sitting down and really working on learning to play my guitar. The thing is... this is my guitar:
I promise you that is not a repainted ukulele. It's officially a "Harmony Children's Guitar" with a steel reinforced neck that's about a year older than I am (yes, the strings are new). Who thought steel strings would be good for children I don't know, but it's actually small enough as to elicit strange responses from people and even using Gstrings to tune it (chromatic tuner app) it never seems to quite sound like a guitar, even when supposedly in tune the 5th fret trick just doesn't work.
I'm seriously wondering if I should try to learn on this thing or try and buy (or trade this for) something more "standard". Really though the only things in my budget, failing getting really lucky trading it to some hipster for a normal guitar, would be the so-bad-you're-better-with-nothing level guitars off craigslist. Obviously I'm starting with acoustic not just because it's a better way to learn but also because it's, I'm assuming, a damn sight cheaper than starting electric (even though then I could headphone it at any hour of the day).