About

Hi, My name is John Reily and I’m a guitar enthusiast.  Mostly acoustic guitar now.  I’ve been playing guitar since around 1976 (somewhere around there).  Actually  I started playing bass with some friends.  We were just a bunch a friends and the only thing missing was a bass player so that’s what I took.

We were just a garage band, Literally!  My bass and amp got stolen after a couple years-so after that I just started playing guitar.  I was already learning some chords anyway.

I played in rock-n-roll bands throughout my teens and early 20′s.  Never more then party’s and stuff like that.  Just doing covers of Skynyrd, Nugent, REO, ZZ Top, stuff like that.  With a few originals thrown in.  Then kids came and I had to get responsible!

Gosh, I’m trying to remember some of the guitars I’ve had over the years.  I had an Ibenez Fly V, Gibson SG, Les Paul, Fender Strat, and there might have been some others in there.  I still have my Les Paul that I haven’t picked up in years.  Mostly I play my Ovation, and I have a 12-string Epiphone.

As I put this site together it’s pretty awesome going down to Guitar Center and playing the different acoustic guitars that I’m reviewing.  I’ve always wanted to own a really nice Taylor  (especially after seeing Stephen Curtis Chapman playing one) but the more I play some of the Gibson’s, I just might be changing my tune!

At this writing I’ve been married for 22+ years. My wife and I have four children and I have a step-son.

I’m a Christian and got saved in 1992.

As I approach 50 I start thinking – I have less time to live than I’ve been alive.  hmmmm

Thanks for stopping by my site.  Come back often because I will continue to update it.

-John