I used to play the violin. But I didn’t play it well.
“Maybe I need a better violin?”
So, I’d buy violin after violin, until I had a Stradivarius.
It didn’t have a name, though. It was a badly-damaged body that was refurbished.
Still, it sounded great.
But I didn’t play it well.
I paid for lessons, practiced a lot, until I finally got good with it.
Then, I broke my elbow and lost a lot of range of motion.
The surgeries and rehab were expensive and I had to sell the Stradivarius.
Now, I play “Violin” playlists on Spotify.