Hm... Well... I had been groomed as an athlete ever since I can remember. I've played on so many baseball teams I can't even count them. I never really had time for anything else but sports. My Sophomore year in high school I was under a lot of stress because I had to start going to college workouts and scout combines and all that stuff... So I got really heavily into music. I listened to everything from Metallica, Jimi, Clapton, BB, Vai, Staind, so on... And about that same time my best friend, who was also on my baseball teams began to play guitar. So I picked one up. It gave us something to do in the hotel rooms and stuff on road trips. I wasn't so serious about it until I was a Senior in high school when I finally had some time to play more. I picked it up really fast and I immediately got into customizing my guitars... Then I went on to college.... I played college baseball... so I didn't have much time for guitar once again. Then my Sophomore year in college I blew my shoulder out and had to have surgery... So I quit playing baseball and now all I do is play guitar and build/customize them. It has replaced sports as my number one hobby.