I've played classic guitars ever since I got organized. I currently own three guitars:   a very nice classic, a flamenco that I bought directly from the luthier (Madrid) that is now so valuable that I'm afraid to take it out of the house, and a Go travel guitar (classic width fingerboard, nylon strings) made by Sam Radding in San Diego.

I can't play a full-size guitar while sitting in a wheelchair because the lower bout of the guitar and the right wheel want to occupy the same space, throwing the guitar into an awkward position. Hence, the small-bodied travel guitar. Fortunately, the Go sounds amazing for such a small box. Actually, that's the guitar I play the most. Very handy.

Other bits of gear:   Shubb capo. I also have traditional Spanish çejillas (same as a capo, but they work especially well with classic and flamenco guitars). Intellitouch PT1 tuner. 440-tuning fork in case the Intellitouch battery poops out. Footstool and music stand, which I sometimes use at home. Other than a couple of sets of spare strings, that's about it (without getting into the warehouse full of song books, text books, technique books, etc., which I've accumulated over the decades).

Over the years I've had a couple of steel-string guitars, a couple of 12-string guitars, and a couple of 5-string banjos, but I never got into those all that much.

One afternoon years ago someone put an electric guitar hooked up to the usual collection of amplifiers and speakers into my hot little hands. I have never taken drugs (save the occasional prescription or OTC), but I'm sure having all that brute power at the twist of a knob is as addictive as shooting up. Lust attacked immediately. But then, fortunately, my rational mind kicked in. I started thinking first about the kind of music I like to play and how inappropriate this kind of gear would be, and then, how much money I could wind up spending if I were to go that route. I set the thing aside, said, "Thanks for the use of the axe," and haven't touched an amplified instrument since. Close call!!

Don Firth