How I got started playing was by making a bad economical desicion. I was going to a guitar store with my brother (he plays bass) and I saw an old epi for sale at $125 and I bought it just for the heck of it, just for the sake of spending money. My sister taught me a few chords and I fell in love with it ever since. Of course, now my guitar is practically worthless being so old and in such bad shape, but I'm to emotionally attached to it to trade it in or sell it, and at least it still plays.:)