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LOL!!!  There's the chance that some of you may have been mildly intoxicated.  They ought to use that for alcohol awareness in high schools.  "Kids, when you drink you may be lead to think you can sing much better than you do.  Listen to this..."

- Zurf

We won't steal your hair, but you'll need a Hawaiian shirt.  I've been thinking of shaving what's left of my hair off. 

- Zurf

I think those are called "concertinas", but am probably wrong.

Yep.  Happens to me.  I expect that a lot of folks will say it happens with them too.  My mom called them "jags", though I can't say why.  My Mom would say you've been on a banjo jag and are going on a uke jag.  Consistency is over-rated. 

- Zurf

In our music we were mired but I returned to those whom I had sired.

Any point that makes you comfortable. 

As Zguitar points out, I do differentiate between playing songs on guitar and playing guitar.  That's MY take and MY opinion.  It does not and should not bind anyone else unless it resonates with them and they adopt the concept for themselves. 

So, if you feel comfortable saying you play guitar, then say you play guitar.  You aren't lying.  You aren't claiming to be the best that ever lived.  You're just saying, "Yeah, I know what to do with a guitar in my hands and can bang out a song or seven."  Good enough. 

When asked, I usually say I play AT the guitar or play WITH a guitar.  When I will feel confident saying that I play guitar, it will be when I am  more skilled at major, minor, and blues scales and be able to play up or down arpeggios and some useful inversions up to the seventh fret.   That's my test for ME for saying I play the guitar.  Right now, I still feel as if I play songs on guitar. 

- Zurf

You can always add a pickup to a standard acoustic. 

- Zurf

Dang. 

- Zurf

I've got a Yamaha F310.  That's as beginner of a guitar as you get when it comes to steel string folk bodied guitars.  A buddy of mine who has been playing professionally since he was 16 (he's 44 now) has one and still uses it around campfires and such.  It's his go-to acoustic.  The F-335 is a good guitar that you may outgrow, but then again you may not.   $99 is a good price for one, but not unbelievable.  List Prices on guitars are meaningless.  Street price is what you want to look for.  At $99, the F-335 is still below street price, making it a good value. 

All that said, if the guitar doesn't fit your hands or sound good to you, then it's not a good value.  One warning - Yamaha uses cheap strings.  If you buy the guitar, put a set of D'Addorios or Elixir Nanowebs on it and you'll like the sound a whole lot better.  I use 11s or 12s on mine usually.  I think Yamaha usually strings them with 10s, which in my mind are for electrics and electrics only. 

- Zurf

Thanks everyone.  Pete, I will be sure to answer all your questions.  Sometimes, I may even give correct answers.