I had three plastic instruments when I was a tiny kid: violin, sax, accordion. In first grade, we got to choose which real instrument we wanted to play (the school system had a great music program). I chose sax, but was told "you start out on clarinet and then you switch." I haven't switched yet, and I'm over 50. Then in 1960, I wanted to learn banjo, and was told "you start out on guitar and then you switch." I haven't switched yet. But I'm always learning new instruments - Besides the 20 guitars, I have a vibraphone, piano, my dad's old accordion from the 40's, cello, mandolin, a very old soprano sax, clarinet, ancient sopranino clarinet, steel drum, trap set, congas, harmonicas, and I forget what else.
Mark Roffe