He's already got a cool Strat, and I was proud for him when he bought it, though after he asked me if he really needed the roller nut installed and I told him "not really" he had it done any way. I worry that he gets influenced to think problems exist when they don't.
He had a nice SG too but he swapped it in for a PRS. He's at a point where if you presented him with a true custom made guitar he'd try to compare it to a brand he read about in a guitar magazine.
He plays the death metal through headphones like a prodigy, but I'm hoping that a nice resonant acoustic will open up a world of awareness about the beauty of feeling a pure tone vibrating into your belly. I'm hoping he hears the beauty of a simple chord placed against a heart felt melody and recognizes a love affair that he may pursue for decades.
In the mean time, I'm up for helping with any music he's interested in. I played drums and my wife played bass this weekend and he got to tear it with us on one of my no name electric guitars.
A few months ago I suggested he try some keyboard lessons and on this trip he told me he had started with some. I sure wish I had taken some keyboard lessons. :-)
Anyways... I'm excited for him.