I'll never forget my first guitar, it was a no-name hand crafted kids sized Spanish guitar. I was 8 years old and from the age of 4 I'd had my heart set on being a pro-footballer when on my birthday my uncle handed me this present, I opened it and somehow suddenly I knew I would be a musician.. I remember telling my older sister that evening that, "I've changed my mind, I'll be a rock star instead"....

I'm not a rock star (yet), but that guitar changed my life and I've been playing ever since.. I don't think my uncle realizes just how much that gift changed the overall course of my life.