Learning to play guitar is to some extent about eye-hand coordination. Ironically, that can be more difficult for anyone who grew up in the post-video games era. In a video game, the action is carried out for you. In playing guitar, you have to carry it out. But there are similarities too. In a video game small finger movements make the action happen. The movements are different, but small guitar fingerings can produce large results.

Nothing is more obvious in the world of guitars than the variety not only of the instruments themselves, but what they're used to produce. Rock makes many a huge income, but jazz, classical, folk and a dozen hybrid styles continue to do well. In fact thanks to the Internet and lower production costs, music that in decades past couldn't get a hearing can now attract an audience large enough to support anyone...

In the world of guitars, what's vintage and what isn't is subject to interpretation. The sample in question may be a true classic, such as the 1961 Gibson Les Paul SG, or something as recent as a 2002 PRS Golden Eagle. But what's more than just a matter of opinion is that many of these beauties still sound great after - in some cases - more than 50 years.