FReegards...MUD
Listen, I'm no where in the same league as your friend the (professional) guitar player, Mud.
I'm still studying fundamental music theory, scales, modes, keys.
Not to find out "where" I might fit in, music-wise; rather, "if."
Understand?
I'm infinitely better listening to fine guitarists.
The likes of Toy *or* Tommy Caldwell, Wes Montgomery, Dwayne Allman, Dicky Betts, Warren Haynes, SRVaughan, George Benson, Roy Buchanan, Les Paul, Russell Malone, Larry Carlton, Jeff Baxter (to name only a handful) are a true inspiration to me & I hold each and every one in the highest esteem.
But I'm not kidding anyone -- & least of all myself -- either, in thinking I'll ever approach any single one of those guys.
That *perspective* was something I recently acquired about myself.
An unintended consequence of dreaming I suppose one could call it.
So between my martial arts & now this damned cold?
I've simply not had the ambition to pick up either the Gibson or Martin.
Damned shame, a waste of a couple fine intruments.
...talk about, "The thrill is gone."