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I started with my girlfriend's guitar. (Sonya is now my wife). I have no idea what model it was but it had a warped neck and couldn't be tuned. I gave up for a long time after that.

I bought an Epiphone dread from my sister when she was down on her luck, then traded it back to her for some art. I never played it much, it was more a way of giving my sister some cash to get through a rough spot and letting her keep her dignity.

Then I was given five guitars by a guy in the middle of a long story I'm not going to tell because it was his story and not mine.  They were all cheap but playable. I kept the best sounding, a Yamaha classical, for myself. I gave two to my sister who was starting to give lessons, one to my sister-in-law who wanted to learn. I gave her some beginner books too, and one to my eldest daughter along with some beginner books.  The Yamaha classical was the guitar I finally started to learn with sincerity. I have since given it to my other sister along with a tuner, a video, and some lesson books.

I had a boss who plays guitar give me a Yamaha F100 as a thank you for managing a program that got him a bonus. That guitar is Ol' Reliable, and I still have it.  That boss later helped me to earn a good bonus for myself a few years later. With that bonus I went to the store intending to buy a Taylor 400 series and instead came home with my Guild D40 that I still have and play often.

Somewhere in here I bought an Ibanez GS knockoff, but I rarely play electric. I keep it tuned in hopes of tuning it open and learning to play slide blues like Bonnie Raitt. I'm just waiting on the redhead wig.

Compared to my Guild, Ol' Reliable the Yamaha sounded like it was made from peat, but I wanted a guitar I'd be willing to take camping and traveling. So I bought the aforementioned Breedlove OM from Dirty Ed. I love it. It still sounds like a toy at times when I play that OM I usually string with 11s after playing that big Boomer of a Guild strung with 13s, but it feels great, plays great, fits great, and I think increased my finger picking speed about 15% the first time I picked it just because of how all the components come together so nicely. I play this guitar every day.

I've also got two electric basses, a fiddle, a sack full of harmonicas, and an autoharp that were all picked up along the way.

I thought I heard the Topdown Shuffle earlier today... very faintly coming in on the breeze. That sure is one loud guitar! 

I'm happy you got a new flat top to love.

Well, you live in a country don't you Phill?

I'm glad you got your money back.  Stinking thieves.

Do it 200 times a night, every night, for a month. If that doesn't do it, then three months. It took me a few years to get barre chords, and only recently have I been actually attempting The Evil B.

No.  No one can explain how the Top 100 is compiled.  At least no one I've met.

The next one.  I've been working on a solo acoustic version of Last Dance With Mary Janr for years and still screw up the solo.

Beautiful. Glad Jeff got the link working.

I think you've got plenty of good karma coming your way. You're a good man.

Jambalaya can be done with just C and G. If you use the cheater chords, that's just one finger each. If you use G7 instead of G, you don't even have to change frets.

Well dang. That's no good.

Make it count.  Have fun.  Wishing you nothing but the best Triple J