Hi all. I’m 28 and started noodling around on guitar at 16. Can’t pretend I had the attention span or the drive to take it seriously. Never had anyone to play with, as by the time I picked it up all my friends were shred heads and going through their black metal elitist phases. Not having anyone to play with wore down my enthusiasm, and by 22 I barely played. I was a decent player from a technical perspective, but I never learned how to write my own music, only how to play others’ riffs. Barely picked up a guitar between 22 and 27. Met a friend at work who played drums. Bonded over A7X, and next thing I knew I was butchering the Nightmare solo in his garage. Having someone to jam with regularly reignited that spark. My fiance got me a Chibson for Christmas, and here I am getting the chops to not butcher Syns beautifully written solos, and the know-how to write my own.