i play! as u said, it too is my getaway during this stressful year addicting hobbies aka gaming....
me and my mate jam at times, but he's drifted off abit to lala land and i dont catch up with him that often.
im keen to get into a band! or just to have jams.
i did AMEB up to contemp grade 2 but stopped after that -> after the basics the rest is rly teach urself, "groom-the-donkey" sort of stuff.
i love putting master of puppets on my sound system and pumpin my blackstar ht 40 when noones home
:D hehe
also loooooove MK to death (mark knopler), as well as pink floyd, rageatm, guns n roses.....
BEST GUITAR MOMENT!:: learning to play classical gas 8-) ooooooright 8-)
word of warning: my eyesight has severely degraded since playing guitar.