I love having "older" people around :) same musical taste and views on crap, always seem to end up in a guild full of the decrepit lmao I'm 40 now and never played guitar until about 2 years ago, I always bought guitars then promptly put them in a cupboard only to give away to friends and family later. Anyway I hurt myself quite badly about 6 yrs ago so all my hobbies went out the window, bought an acoustic 2 years ago for £60 (cant work so no fancy gear for me now i want to play :P ), then a knockoff strat for £80, so unimpressed with it I took a saw to it to see if it was even wood... MDF in 4 layers, badly cut at that, so into the bin that went. Got an EPI LP "special" for about 80 after a few months and still have it, it's not great but at least it intonates lol. About 6 months ago I discovered I had torn tendons on my fretting hand (no luck) even tho I have been to physio etc there has been no joy in sorting it out. Any prolonged power or barre chords just kill me. I've been building up the neck thickness of the EPI and it seems to be helping slightly so I plan to buy http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_l450plus_honey_burst.htm in a few months, if they confirm the neck depth. Seems to have rave reviews and sounds very nice from the vids I can find. Hope to be able to keep the championship entries flying :)