Yea - me too. I started on guitar at 12 and was in my first band at 15. They wanted a keyboard player and I was voted to be it as I only played rythmn and sang at the time. So they bought me something called a Vox Jaguar to play. You know, all chrome legs and covered in PVC.

I bought me a play in a day book (hahaha) and never looked back. In the late 60s and early 70s there were trillions of guitarists but not many of us organists and by that time I hade a split Hammond L100 with a 145 leslie so if you wanted the "sound" you needed me or someone like me. In time I learned to read rather than just play handfulls of chords but then learnt by ear and mainly play that way today until I get the odd song that really bugs be 'cos I can't find that elusive chord so I hunt down the music.

I pick up the guitar every now and again (I have a cheepie Yamaha accoustic) and play a few of the old stones, beatles, hollies, who and Kinks stuff etc I used to do on the guitar. but I do it so infrequently that my fingers hurt real bad after just a few songs.

Ah - those were the days.

KFingers