I’ve been playing the guitar for a little over five years now. It’s not very much, but I feel like I’ve reached my “summit” when it comes to playing it. I consider myself to be a lazy guitar player, that is, I learned all the chords I needed to pay the songs I wanted to, but would never go so far as learning how to play barre chords. I’ve got too short fingers (that’s my excuse), basically, I’m too lazy, thus I think I could learn much more and achieve much more, but I don’t want to practice.

I’ve had the privilege to own two guitars (thanks dad), one I had I brought in Saskatchewan while the other stayed home. I sold one in Saskatchewan and I think it’s now somewhere in Manitoba. And I’ve kept the other one until now. I guess I’ll keep it until it dies or I don’t know.

My brother-in-law’s got a mandolin. I sort of liked the idea of learning a “new” instrument that would probably not be so hard to learn since I already knew how to play the guitar. It’s to be sure, not the same, but I really like its high “pitch” that gives some warm flavor to the whole when it accompanies other instruments.

I got myself a mandolin! Thanks to my uncle who diligently searched for it on the Internet. It’s a second hand Dean’s playmate, it’s four years old but looks like new, ah and on top of that, it’s electro acoustic -like I’m going to need that (!!!). The guy who sold it to me lived near Montreal so we met at a metro station and yeah, I’ve got one now.