He presented this lovely to me in a soft case, complete with neck strap, tuner, and a fistful of picks. All three of my sisters can play very basic guitar (and as of last night, also very basic Guitar Hero, heh), as can my mom, so I walked away with a big pile of guitar books. Liz lent me her electric guitar and amp for quite a while, so I'll have a chance to practice both types. Here's a bad picture of me with my new instrument:
Just to clarify, I'm not taking up guitar because Guitar Hero has diluded me into thinking I can play. But I was raised on music and it's about time I got back to it. I started piano lessons (woo, Suzuki method) when I was a wee lass, then clarinet in middle school and finally concert choir in high school. In college I was too busy with... well, with everything, to do anything musical except sing along with the radio. Once I started playing Guitar Hero I realized how much I missed playing music, in a sense. So I hinted that I wanted to start playing in earnest and look what it got me!
I've got my work cut out...
Posted on December 26, 2006 @ 9:57 PM | 3 comments
Comments:
Oh hot!
I got R a banjo a few years ago... he can't do much with it yet but a lot has been going on, so he just hasn't had the practice time.
By 
Lazy Lightning, at
5:22 AM, December 27, 2006
beautiful instrument! I want a piano...but I think I will have to do a lot more than hint at it to actually get one. I miss just sitting down at one to "play" and I wish I could improve my skills from where I left off back when I didn't want to sit still and practice. I would like my future children to have the means to learn piano too. Good luck with the gee-tar learnin'!
By 
sometrouble, at
8:15 AM, December 27, 2006
That's so cool! I got Ryan a guitar for Festivus as well, and he's starting to know the joys of achy, hardening fingers.
Made me pick up my ol' git-fiddle, and it's amazing how you forget how much pleasure you can take in it.
Cool, Kat! Nice guitar. . . I like the rosewood (looks like rosewood.)
By , at
4:58 PM, December 28, 2006
