[Ken C]

This seems like a personal question...and I have a personal answer.

I played guitar from about 1949 until 1986 and sort of "gave it up." I put all musical instruments away and thought nothing else about them.

Occasionally, my wire would ask me to get one out and play for her, and to my shame, I always had a reason why that was not a good idea.

Then on a model airplane newsgroup, I was telling the different ways to use guitar strings in scale model building. Someone said that if I knew that much about guitar strings, I ought to go to rec.music.maker.guitar.acoustic newsgroup.

I did and basically those guys got me to dig out the guitars and start playing again. I blame them for creating the monstor I have become.

And they caused me to realize why I had quit playing. I did not do it on purpose -- but I lost my son in a motorcycle accident in June of 1986...and I put all the music away.

Ken C.