You must have caught the same thing I had. 😅

I only wanted to play lead when I started. The intricate challenging parts that impressed me and made me want to learn how to play I wanted to do that. Then I learned people were interested more in familiarity and less with technical intricate parts so I started learning the crowd pleaser songs. Now I enjoy it all. I play acoustic strum and sing "campfire songs" adding some fills that keeps me entertained and sometimes I'll throw in a solo here and there. I'm enjoying watching my son play now and teaching him the little things that I learned that helped me progress and watching him do the same.

My first electric guitar was a 1 piece Kirk hammett signature series ltd esp. Bought used and I had to fix the solder connections, and the locking nut was off center until I had it fixed. But I still have it today. I think my first guitar ever was a First Act acoustic I don't remember. I also have no idea what happened to it.

@George Zapata thanks! I try.