TapTheForwardAssist posted:

Dang bubba, can you narrow it down a bit for us? What kind of music styles are you interested in playing? What social role do you want to fill?

If you, say, like bluegrass and want to be able to go to bluegrass jam sessions at bars, jam out at music festivals, etc, you could get a mandolin.

If you want to just smoke a bowl, lay on the couch, and make some soothing and melodic sounds, get a Native American flute.

If you're into singer-songwriter stuff, and want a mellow instrument to back up your voice but something more interesting than guitar, get a concertina.


Not that any of these apply to you, but just showing that it's a pretty open-ended question. Post back and let us know what kind of music you want to do and why, maybe a little info if you want this to be a serious study or just something casual you can dick with and be sounding good on with little practice, and some idea of price so that we don't try to excite you about expensive stuff (there are tons of inexpensive instruments too).