My husband plays, and has an electric, a 12 string acoustic and a bass. Last year, my 12 year old started to show interest, so we bought her an acoustic for her birthday, and this year we bought her an electric guitar. She's gotten very good. She downloads music, and then teaches herself to play along. She loves "Freebird", so I (jokingly) suggested that she teach herself to play. She was up in her room, and damn if she wasn't doing it! She had to come downstairs and stick her hand in a glass of ice, she had played for a little too long.

Since I love music of all kinds, but never learned an instrument, I'm so glad that she's taking after her dad.