Okay so lemme set the stage here. Tonight, my dad wanted me to come with him to some party that he and a bunch of his buddies from work were having at a coworker's house. I was pissing and moaning about how I didn't know anyone there and didn't wanna go, but he convinced me to come along.
So it turns out that his coworker is an avid guitar player, and a fantastic one at that. Within minutes of getting there, he and I were in the basement playing on a couple of his acoustics. I was having a blast, because these were some top of the line instruments here, and they were tuned and cared for by an expert musician. So I'm sitting there playing his 12 string guitar (for those not into guit-boxes, it's basically a standard guitar with 6 extra strings, each an octave higher than their neighbor). And I'm loving it...it's a fantastic instrument. So he notices how much fun I'm having and he says "Well hey...if you like that one, I have another one upstairs that I can loan you." So I freak out and I'm like well hell yeah man, sign me up. So later on, as we're about to leave, he hands me the guitar case and says "Hey look, if you really fall in love with this guitar and wanna learn to really get good at it, you can have it." So I honest to god almost cried. I don't cry a lot. You gotta be a man about things, but seriously, this guy, a guy I HAD JUST MET, was GIVING me a guitar, and a REALLY nice one too. I shook his hand and I patted him on the back and tried to keep from crying. This thing was AWESOME.
Guess it's a good thing I decided to go huh?
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Right on! I used to play the acoustic guitar and my fingers urt within two days! I went as far as to pay for very expensive lessons....got to sing with it....then one day woke up and didn't have the time. (big surprise as college began,work started and the like). As you can tell I am extremely bitter about my journey because I'd love to pick it back up but can't afford to with time and money right now.
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