Playing Guitar is great fun...
Muad'Dib,
I resurrected your old thread, as I just wanted to see, if you ever picked-up a guitar and learned to play? Also, wanted to comment on what, playing the guitar has meant to me. Hopefully, in this way, I might inspire you, or others to start playing or keep playing, which ever the case may be...
My older sister, turned me on to classical guitar, when I was 16 years old. She showed me a few simple cords and talked with me about playing the guitar. She showed me how to tune the guitar and I was hooked.
I then, obtained a beginning guitar "Cords" book, from a friend, which showed photo's of all the basic guitar cords. Displaying, how to finger most of the basic guitar cords. Well, I started teaching myself to play. After a couple of years, I was'nt too bad... I have been playing the guitar ever since, and it's been so relaxing to unwhind, and just sing and play, most of my favorite songs. I have now, accumulated quite a selection, of easy guitar books. I have books from, "Woodstock" to "Three Dog Night" to "The Moody Blues and many, many more. I never got into memorizing all of the songs, in-point-of-fact, I never memorize the songs, I typically play. I use the books, and just read, the words and music , as I play and sing.
Over the years, I have collected verious guitars too. I have an "Imperia", classical guitar. I have an "Takamani - Jasmine" accustic / electric guitar. And, I have a "Gibson, Studio-Lite" electric guitar. They all have hard cases and I keep them is excellent condition. The Gibson is really beautiful. It's electric blue in color and more importantly, it sounds fantastic! The Gibson, has such wonderful sustain and tone, for an electric guitar. It is made of maple, but it has a 'chromium core', which makes it less than half, the weight of a regular Gibson electric guitar, and makes it so much easier to hold and play. It is great fun to play all of these different guitars. I play on and off now for family, friends, and myself, but mostly, I play because I love music and it relaxes me.
I hope, you have purchased a guitar and are playing for your family, friends and yourself, as well.... Playing the guitar is truely a wonderful and enjoyable pastime...
Enjoy
Cheers
-Robin