Hello from PhilMTL
I'm Phil, I live in Montreal, Canada.
First learned picking around the age of 15 from the MIT guide (over 15 years ago now, I'm getting old). Went the hacksaw blade / allen key route at that time and probably ruined the wheel on my father's grinder in the process.
Been playing around with picking on and off since that time, getting into it more seriously in the last few months and thought it'd be good try to find some like minded folks to talk with.
Happy to be on board.