I was looking something up and came across

April 17th, 2006 - LJ entry about Minicon.

"Becca and I wandered out of her house around 3. We headed to her guitar’s chiropractor since he needed some adjusting (just not enough pickup).

I got to play a wonderful bouzouki. I need a bouzouki. Really, seriously, I need a bouzouki. Someone buy me one."

Took me 5 years ...