The lad has completed and passed
https://www.rslawards.com/rockschool...uitar/grade-2/
through
https://rockschoolnz.co.nz/electric-guitar/
One of the test criteria is "Command of Instrument" which is described as "The quality of the sound produced from the instrument, including the consistency of sound/tone, control of sound/tone commensurate with grade". His test result for this was full marks across his 5 songs for this. (Total score 95%
)
The grade 3 book introduces reverb and while I could just grab a reverb pedal I noticed you can get multi effect pedals with looper and drum pattern functions. Or is such a gizmo considered cheating especially at his age? I do know he'll love playing with all the functions.