Had an acoustic when I was 14-15, was just starting to get good at it when younger brother decided to take a bath with it. Didn't own another till 6 months ago, since playing in bands, there was always someone to play the guitar. But, I found that I wanted more control over my music, and my singing, so I bought a used 12 string Yamaha. Now, I'm looking at an electric, or an acoustic electric, just waiting on job stability and funds to do so. Was thinking about a Yamaha Pacifica 112, they have one in ORANGE (MY COLOUR!) and a smaller Crush amp. I tend to do everything obsessively, until I learn enough to be okay at it, so I'm assuming guitar will be the same.
Still jamming weekly, on top of practice time, with Blues guys, and now with 2 other jamming buddies - one of them, female, she's a LITTLE better than I at guitar, and the guy is FARRRRR better! But, I can soak up the learnings that way, and I can give them help with their vocals, like voice projection, staying on tone, sync'ing, etc.
Elle