Jason: I took up the guitar because I had heard plenty of really good guitarists playing and I wanted to play like all the big stars.

Russell: The good points of having a son who plays guitar and is learning guitar, is that I like guitar music and it is a pleasure to listen to him practise. Sometimes I stop what I am doing when he is upstairs in his bedroom and it sounds good and I am very proud.

Frances: Most children are musical and I just wondered if Jason might be interested in one particular instrument. So I asked him and he expressed an interest in guitar. So I thought if he is interested and he has any talent at all, it will show if he gets some private lessons. So I searched around for a teacher for him and it took off from there.

Frances: He was taught about the instrument to begin with: how to hold it and use it, and how to hold his hands on the instrument. I was pleased. I thought I had made a good choice, it was an acoustic guitar. He has since gone onto an electric guitar.

Frances: Learning on an acoustic guitar is a good idea to begin with because you do learn the basics of how to hold your hand to get the results you want and it stretches out the hand, especially for a young child, to the right chords. I was quite pleased with the choice.

Jason: At first you have to find a teacher. I have 20 minute lessons once a week at school to learn certain licks and nothing special but as a beginner you have to have a teacher, otherwise you are not going to get anywhere - you can't teach yourself.

Russell: As far as I am concerned there are no bad points. I like rock music and I like all types of music and I like to hear instruments played well and he does play it well. Volume-wise he does not play that loudly at home, no louder than my stereo. If he does get a bit loud I ask him to turn it down.