not a lick
I still don't know why 8 months seems long to you. When I got my guitar it took me 11 months just to learn how to to switch from G to C to D, just give him time he probly never held a guitar or felt the strings before
I would at least calibrate his guitar (truss rod, intonation, tuners, string height @ bridge).If you can't do this crap, MSN me (on profile), I can't PM (lol warez).