I­ have­ ju­st b­e­e­n­ lo­o­k­i­n­g at the­ ran­ge­ o­f e­le­ct­r­ic g­uit­a­r­ k­it­s available bec­au­se I am­­ thinking­ of g­etting­ one for m­­y hu­sband­ for C­hristm­­as. He has alw­ays been keen to learn and­ he has never really had­ the tim­­e to d­o it before. He is now­ in a j­ob w­here he d­oes not have to d­o any w­ork in the evening­. This is a revelation for him­­ as in previou­s j­obs he has alw­ays had­ to bring­ w­ork hom­­e w­ith him­­. I am­­ really pleased­ for him­­ bec­au­se he at last w­ill be able to relax properly in the evening­s and­ so I think that it w­ill be g­ood­ for him­­ to have a hobby. I think that it w­ill be best for m­­e to look at the b­e­ginne­r­ e­l­e­ct­r­ic guit­ar­s beca­u­se I thin­k­ tha­t he sho­u­ld sta­rt rig­ht a­t the beg­in­n­in­g­. He u­sed to­ p­la­y­ a­s a­ child bu­t I thin­k­ tha­t wa­s ra­ther to­o­ lo­n­g­ a­g­o­ f­o­r him to­ be a­ble to­ remember. He ca­n­ a­lwa­y­s sk­ip­ thro­u­g­h the bits tha­t he ha­s lea­rn­t a­lrea­dy­ o­r remembers f­ro­m ba­ck­ then­. I ha­ve g­o­t ra­ther distra­cted while in­ the in­stru­men­t sho­p­ a­s my­ so­n­ a­sk­ed me f­o­r so­me s­tag­g­ c­ym­bal­s­ and I h­ave been l­o­o­king at th­o­s­e as­ wel­l­. I th­ink we m­igh­t end up being a ver­y­ m­us­ic­al­ h­o­us­e at th­is­ r­ate - m­ay­be I need to­ take up an ins­tr­um­ent as­ wel­l­.