My mom brought me to her cousin's music store in Philadelphia, to buy a saxaphone, since I took a few lessons on a borrowed sax at the local Boys Club. Walked in the door of the store, saw a new Japanese version of a Gibson hollow-body electric, and I convinced my mother to buy it for $100. Never held a guitar in my hand, until that day. 40 years and at least a hundred high-end guitars (and a few recordings) later, still playing. I'm currently down to two custom Martins (OM and 00). If you like instrumental acoustic, you can download my latest CD of originals for free at Bandcamp:

John O'Hara - Fingerstyle Guitar CD