Hello all,
Richard here, on the wet coast of Canada sitting in the midst of far, far too many guitars, amps, and pedals for having only picked up a guitar 5 years ago. You see, through a series of “life happens” events I’ve had several false starts in my guitar-playing journey, however, my guitar-buying journey has progressed splendidly!
Shortly after getting my first guitar, a Yamaha SLG200s I was sidelined by a hand injury for over a year. To pass the time and keep the interest alive I watched and rewatched most of Justine’s videos and those of the Andertons gang, along with a healthy slice of the rest of guitar YouTube. This did two things for me, it provided me with technical & theory knowledge well beyond any ability that I possessed, and it gave me some serious G.A.S.
That’s when I met Harley Benton and Phil McKnight, in that order. I figured that if I couldn’t play guitar at the time I could at least learn how to work on and modify them. Enter the paisley tele, a 335 knock-off, and a steel body resonator. Pickup swaps, fretwork, electrical and hardware upgrades rapidly followed along with relic’ing research for the resonator. That last one is still waiting in the wings because I like the shiny look too.
So, to avoid making an already long story even longer, and for the careful readers thinking that 4 guitars are not really “far, far too many,” add another dozen to that number. 
The number of amps, pedals, and other assorted instruments I’ll save for another post along with “life happens events # 2 & 3.”
This is how I’ve come to find myself the proverbial kid in a candy store, gear-wise that is, who still needs to work on nailing down open chords in spite of being able to name all of the notes on the fretboard, build scales, and name the chords in any key, among other things that bore my friends to tears.
And there have it, my rambling, dirty little guitar-hoarding secret. 
Greetings,Rogier
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