Music Alley MA34-N Classical Junior Acoustic Guitar For
Music Alley MA34-N Classical Junior Acoustic Guitar For Kids, 34 Inch
Introducing the Music Alley MA34 Acoustic Guitar
Linden Body
The linden body of this Music Alley acoustic guitar generates a warm tone. Measuring in at 34 inches it is the ideal candidate as kids guitar being both lightweight and smaller than your traditional body.
Metal Gearheads
Easy to turn by even the smallest of hand and designed to last the rigours of a musical journey the metal gear-heads represent the quality you can expect from a Music Alley product.
Nylon Strings
Easier on the fingers and warmer sounding on the ears the nylon strings present on the Music Alley acoustic guitar are designed to ensure hours of comfortable play.
| Weight: | 962 g |
| Size: | 30.0 |
| Dimensions: | 84.07 x 30.99 x 8.89 cm; 961.62 Grams |
| Model: | MA34-N |
| Colour: | Natural |
| Manufacture: | Music Alley |
| Dimensions: | 84.07 x 30.99 x 8.89 cm; 961.62 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
| Size: | 30.0 |
good little guitar which i bought for grandson beginner. nice sound and light weight but some
problems with various frets ‘ buzzing ‘. had to file down several of these frets to allow progression to
musical notes higher up on the fretboard. it’s ok now as aged 7 he still engages on the lower frets.
it is plain trash. but what can one expect for 30 pounds or something around that.
y a used shop for the same price.
thing felt like it’s made of lackered amazon packaging and strings felt and sounded like those strings inside the amazon tape.
on the other hand, what can one expect for the price. pay sh, get sh.
Ordered for my 6 year old son as he wants to start learning guitar. I didn’t want an expensive one as I’m not sure how long he will continue with it, so this was a perfect option.
The size is great for him and it is comfortable for him to hold. We ordered an electric tuner with it and it all seems to be ok (I’m no guitar expert though). I think for beginners this is a great little guitar for the price.
A real half size guitar that works fine
Tuned up well from the box. I bought an 8 electronic tuner and that was fine for the job.
Didn’t expect much and this exceeded and is a real guitar. You can’t expect much at this price, but to see if my kid wants to learn it is up to the job.
All guitars need tuning and retuning and this did it fine.
Sturdy made, beautiful sound
I’m 154cm tall and have petite hands, so find it very uncomfortable to play full size guitars. This size is perfect for me.
This guitar arrived well packaged, with a spare E string and two plastic picking triangles (and a sheet of stickers which made me feel like a child again).
The sound is just fine. As you would expect, you need to tune it every time in the first few days. I really enjoy playing it. Happily recommend it.
Great for the sound quality.
Really great sound from such a cheap guitar, it’s up there with my Yamaha.
What it really let’s you down with is its poor quality and dreadful appearance. Why I just don’t know as its really good.
When you buy you will come across poor workmanship.
So it is a really great sound, with action lowered and the nut filed. Love it to bits and always my first guitar to get out at parties .
But expect the worse with looks. But the sound surpasses!!
Lovely for a little learne
I bought this for my daughter who has decided to start learning the guitar. She absolutely LOVES it! You even get free plectrums, spare strings and some funky stickers to personalise your new instrument. It is a cute addition to her collection of instruments. It won’t last forever, but for that price it does the job very well.Did you know that Ed Sheehan uses a 3/4 guitar?? Fun fact for you there.
Absolutely fantastic value for money. Bought as a throwaway punt gift for my very young son and expected it to be low grade, unable to hold tune etc. I was wrong, once the strings settle down (as with all nylon strung guitars, it takes a little longer than steel), it’s perfect for beginners and has great sound quality. I mean really it really is. Well worth every penny. It even came with a spare set of strings which was completely unexpected. I paid much more for his sister’s starter guitar and it was awful. Buy this guitar!!! Couldn’t ask for more for my son to start his musical journey on.
Pretty good for the price. But buy better strings ASAP
For the price I paid this is a decent 2/3rds
What lets it down out of the box is the set of supplied strings. To be fair it comes with a spare set – but you’d have to be a masochist to ever consider putting another set as bad as those supplied with it.
The issue really is that just a pod or two more they could have fitted a much better set. The gauge on the top E string is minute. And tuning it to top E is likely to snap it – it’s that thin and flimsy. So maybe tune half an octave down (yes – half an octave)
Almost better if it came with no strings.
But for all that the sound is pretty good (for a VERY cheap guitar) the build quality is Ok and the packaging adequate. I’d recommend it – but suggest any buyer gets better strings to go with it from day one.
Nice student starter guita
Very good for the price and will fit the purpose of the purchase fine. It comes with another wound string and a plectrum and generally the guitar is made well and looks nice. A beginners guitar that will do the job before moving on to a standard size instrument as the child grows up. Pleased with the purchase and good value for money.
Great value
Great little guitar for an 8 year old. I didn’t want to splash out on an expensive piece of equipment as it was for a taster guitar lesson. The guitar is good value for money. It does the job, however, you will need to tune it frequently it goes out of tune easily.
Brought this because my 5 year daughter was pestering me to have a go on my guitar (which was a present from a relative, therefore too sentimental to be broken). I didn’t want to buy a tiny plastic guitar which can’t be tuned but at the same time wanted something good enough that if my children did want to take up guitar it was there for a potential chord learning.
The quality of the guitar seems good to me for the price, obviously not professional standards, I think one of the low strings twangs a bit, doesn’t bother me. It’s a nice solid wood, fully varnished, strings have enough tension to be tuned properly and the fret-board/neck is about the right size for a 5 year old’s fingers in my opinion.
I saw a review on here whereby the bridge completely unstuck after it had been “professionally tuned”. We didn’t have any problems, had it over two months now. I tuned it myself, and just very gently pulled on the nylon strings upward when tuning it for the first time to give them a little bit of flexibility (don’t do this on steel string guitars by the way). It naturally de-tuned itself in the first couple of days, this is normal for new strings, after that it’s been fine. I just re-iterate to my 5 and 3 year olds to just respect the guitar, i.e. not leave it on the floor, put it in the corner when you’re not using it etc. etc., normal with children, and a nice learning experience on how to treat instruments.
I’ve found myself picking it up and have a few practice runs myself as it’s in the living room to hand! Cheap price and a reasonable quality considering the price. Design is generic enough to out live a child’s fast changing trends and tastes, so should do until they leave primary school and then until they want to get serious with guitar playing. Excellent and would recommend.
for the kids to play with
Your not going to get a high level piece of musical equipment but its not supposed to be! I purchased for my kids to play around with during lock down, maybe even decide to take it up as a hobby. In the first aspect it worked perfectly they pick it up and play around with it and its surviving well. needs tuning often due to string stretch but its holding up to the rigor of daily life with kids.
my only problem is that it does not allow for a guitar strap to be fitted so the kids must be sat to play it.
Not succeeded it having them then take it up as a hobby yet.
Love this little guitar It arrived promptly, with extra E1string and Picks, Lovely looking deep red back and sides to the body with natural wood front. Im a complete beginner and so purchasd an electric tuner for 5.99 from Amazon which is invaluable to me. The Guitar came fully strung but ofcourse required constant tuning for the first day less on the second day and by third day settling in well. Im quite small 5ft 1in with very small hands thats why I went for the 1/2 size at 19.99 brilliant price would highly recommend for beginner shorties like me until fingers and wrists strengthen up and moving on to 3/4 size.
We purchased this as our 7yo had expressed an interest in learning guitar; knowing how she can be a little clumsy we were hesitant at spending lots for something she would probably fall on and smash!
When it arrived, for 20 I was expecting to have to assemble and string, to my amazement this came fully strung (but understandably out of tune) and suitable paper slipped under the strings to protect the fretboard.
As you would expect the finish is in part cheap, but tidy and I would say good value for money.
This did take a while to tune and for the strings (especially the three thin nylon ones) to fully stretch before they would hold a note. Seriously; we gave this to our daughter for Christmas and with daily use this took a good 3 weeks before you could play for half an hour with good note retention. You could re-string with steel to ease this but beware of tiny fingers and the harshness of steel strings on soft fingertips; personally I would persevere with the nylon and the dullness of note until they have got a bit more experience.
Size wise, our daughter is 7, but is tall for her age; this is marginally too big for her. She can reach a ‘C’ chord, but only just. This is a grower for her and would probably best suit and ‘average’ 9yo onwards. As an adult demonstarating, it is playable, but very tight!!!
In summary; it’s 20 so don’t be expecting Fender or Larrivee sound quality, be prepared to spend time letting the strings stretch out before they hold a note but for what you pay and what it is designed for it does the job.
Good for beginners not for guitaris
This product is very cheep for the prise you pay its very good would I suggest buying it if you already are a guitar player ? No I think for beginners it’s amazing you can get feel for the instrument and see if u like Guitar or not. I would no suggest however if your a guitarist looking for a guitar to get this one it’s cheap for a reason however in very impressed with the quick delivery and great condition of the guitar so yeh depending on who’s buying it I think it’s good for beginners.