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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 4988519, member: 100459"]Many years ago, I had a neighbor with a guitar.  He taught me some of the keys and I got the bug to play.  My first Christmas, I asked for a guitar, but got a harmonica.  I was 17.  My neighbor had two guitars, so he let me play one with him. The next Christmas I got my guitar. My father was in the Army, so I got a German "Framus" electric guitar...no amp tho. I just about drove my mother crazy when I played.  I finally was able to get an amp... an older amp, but still sounded good.  Now, my mother and everyone in the house was going crazy.  When I was 19, I went to Uruguay for my church. One of the areas that I "served" in was close to Brazil.  One day, my companion and I went to Brazil and I bought a hand made guitar.  There is no pedigree or name in or on the guitar, but it was beautiful and played well.  I was 20 when I bought it.  This past Christmas, I gave it to my 16 year ole granddaughter.  Although she had an electric guitar, she loves the acoustical guitar I gave her.  She had been playing for about 3 years.  I gave her all of my music books from the sixties...Peter, Paul and Mary, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Association.  I really enjoy hearing her play, albeit, it's on Facebook. Now, my legacy lives on.[/QUOTE]