[brp914]

fwiw and maybe not much at that, years ago, I got a Les Paul and gave it a solid go. I became fairly proficient with many chords, scales, and riffs. But it took a good 10 minutes warm up to get to where I was the prior day. Despite the old saying, practice doesn't necessarily mean perfect. It could mean "meh". I wasn't cut out for it and gave it up. On the upside, I escaped with my joints intact. I saw Les Paul play at House of Blues shortly before he died, joined by Slash and others. He was having a hard time playing. The joints on his hand looked like knots on a tree branch.