Back from the dead
After 14 years of sitting in storage I finally pulled the trigger on recovering the files off an old hard drive from the university era. Surprisingly, having not been powered on for that entire period, 99% of the files were recoverable (cheers DataLab).
A proper time capsule so far. Exhibit 1: ~2007, the trusty Epiphone Les Paul, and for some reason long lost to history, a “Pakehas know how to party” t-shirt:
Epiphone Hummingbird Studio
Behold, the new sofa guitar. Hard to beat for value in this price range (solid spruce and mahogany body, Pau Ferro fretboard, thin D-shaped neck), and certainly stands out from the usual acoustic design. Destined for many hours of procrastination/fingertip destruction.