# Roots of Reason Guitar Guide

> A parent's guide to buying a first guitar, from Roots of Reason in San Jose, California: which size fits a child by age, every model in the September 2026 research with its price, specs, rating and source links, and where to try guitars in San Jose.

The guitar list on the site's pages is drawn by JavaScript, so a plain page fetch shows no guitars. The two files below carry the whole list as text with no script needed, rebuilt whenever the prices or photos are refreshed.

## Guitar data

- [All guitars, Markdown](https://guitars.rootsofreason.org/guitars.md): every guitar with its size, scale length, nut width, ages, the price the guide shows and where and when that price was read, the research price, the purchase rating and its review evidence, fit notes, pros and cons, and every shop, maker and review link
- [All guitars, JSON](https://guitars.rootsofreason.org/guitars.json): the same records as structured data, with a field guide and the price rule
- [Daily stock and price check, JSON](https://guitars.rootsofreason.org/api/stock): the latest reading of every shop and maker page each guitar links to, run once a day and newer than the two files above

## Pages

- [Guitar Guide](https://guitars.rootsofreason.org/): size by age, compare, string types, budget, try and buy
- [All Guitars](https://guitars.rootsofreason.org/catalog/): the filterable list; `?q=` pre-fills the search

## Notes

- Prices are dated readings from shop pages, not live offers. Check current price and stock with the seller.
- The main Roots of Reason site: https://www.rootsofreason.org/ (its own summary is at https://www.rootsofreason.org/llms.txt)