Also the Dean Dimebag Starter kit is pretty nice for $249. it is a cheap basswood body but like you said who wants to spend $1,000 for some 9 year old to use it as a hammer, leave it laying in the floor, drag it by the neck behind them, and what ever esle they could do with it. :D

Package Includes:
•Dimebag Darrell Lightning Bolt Baby ML electric guitar
•Mean 10 10W amplifier
•Gig bag
•Cable
•Strap
•Picks

Dimebag Darrell Lightning Bolt Baby ML Guitar:
•3/4 body size
•Dimebag Darrell Lightning Bolt finish
•Contoured top
•Basswood body
•Maple neck
•Rosewood fingerboard
•Dean pickups
•Black hardware
•Die-cast tuners

Mean 10 Guitar Amp:
•10 watts
•Bass, treble, and mid controls
•Stereo headphone jack
•5-year warranty