Let me first confess that I do not know anything about guitars and literally clueless about music per se apart from hearing the most popular songs every day on the radio when I drive there is nothing remotely connected between me and music.

So when my coworkers gifted me an used acoustic guitar on my birthday I was zapped. I did not know what to do with it. The logical thing what I did was to find out what an acoustic guitar was and how to learn to pay the guitar.

Here is what I learnt about the guitars

Used acoustic guitars are better than new ones because the wood used in acoustic guitar matures with age.

The used ones are cheaper well yes that is why I got a used one. The fact is that used ones are better so I am sure one of my coworkers is guitar knowledgeable.

The guitar brand names that now I know off are Fylde, Grammer, Springhill, Guild, Epiphone, Yamaha LL, Froggy Bottom, Lowden, Huss and Dalton

That said I searched online for the guitar lessons and quickly threw that idea out of the window as there was no way I was going to learn it online. Well that said there are several sites offering free guitar lessons online and they are not bad however the patience and the determination required to learn those all by myself is a tough task and I am sure that I am not up to it. See here the different lesssons that are available like the blues guitar lessons , classical guitar leesons or the bass guitar lessons. My head started spinning when I fopund out that there are more like the flamenco guitar lessons, lead guitar lessons and country guitar lessons.

I will need hand holding and a step by step approach with a dedicated guitar coach. So I am all set to find a good coaching center for guitar in my area. This all thanks to my office employees who gave me this $300 guitar as a birthday gift.

One thing for sure that is there for you that as guitar gift ideas these lessons will work as you can give a gift of guitar lessons to someone who would love to learn guitar as well as is musically inclined.

Another good gift is a guitar gift bag for someone who owns a guitar.

If you are thinking of coffee mug gift as gift on the friendship day then sorry to say that those days are over( You can still give those special name mugs!). Well not that we do not drink coffee now in mugs but the latest in thing is the coffee pods. These small packs are beautiful. I got introduced to them when my office procured them and started using them rather than the filter coffee machines. The wastage that went with regular coffee filters in the office was huge. All coffee brewed by someone would go waste imply because someone wanted to have one coffee taste over the other that was already in the flask.

Coffee pods were great in that sense that you would never have to worry about the quantity. Each pod is just enough for one cup and also it is less messy.

I bought one for my home and we just love it. No wastage and no major hassles in terms of what to brew. Every one can get the gourmet coffee of their choice and we spend a bit less on coffee now. Another benefit is clean espresso machine.

In fact this prompted me to give the gift of coffee pod machine to my best friend Ryan as I knew how he loved our machine whenever he visited. So Ryan this cup of joe is for you.

There are a wide variety of brands available in the espresso pod machine category. The best is the Senseo coffee pod machine. It works like a charm.

I looked at the Keurig K-cups also as they also serve as the single serve coffee but the fact is that with K-cups you need to buy a Keurig coffee machine. In the case of coffee pod machine you can use any brand espresso coffee pods.

In fact I decided to make it as a gourmet coffee gift basket with the several gourmet coffee pods as well as coffee pod canister. This is needed if you need to store the coffee pods somewhere easily.

Update Feb 2010 – Coffee Lovers and people who want to give coffee gifts. This place has tons of information on coffee including K-cups, Espresso pods and types of coffee machines. So sit back relax, have a cup of coffee and then read everything you wanted to know about coffee.