It may interest you to know that the U.S. not only ranks 75th in educational achievement among industrialized nations and 314th in bothering to research even the most basic statistics for blog posts, our eroded imaginary dominance is not confined to science, math, technology, and animal husbandry. No! We are also slipping in our guitar playing. Observe:


Further anecdotal evidence of our fall from greatness: Guitar Hero is dead, cutting short the musical education of a generation of future rock legends, and we have even been beaten at this!

All is not lost. Enter the Loog, a concept three-stringed guitar for kids that has already earned enough funding on Kickstarter to become a reality.


For $150, you too can get one of these (seriously) excellent-looking instruments for your little one, and have them playing simplified guitar chords and hot licks in no time. Seriously, we love this idea and wish we had $150 to blow on one. And maybe do.