How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

[kill your scene]

Usually, your second and subsequent guitars are based on your experiences, advice and a more in-depth knowledge of guitars in general. When you bought your first guitar, however, what were you going on? A recommendation from a friend? Could you play well enough to test some out in the store? Did you decide based on what your guitar hero played?

Personally, I wouldn't even be playing if it weren't for David Gilmour's solo in Comfortably Numb. Finding out he played a Strat got me partially hooked and seeing how many other great players used them got me interested in Fender in the first place. I also decided that Strats look cooler than just about any other guitar on earth. I also had a friend that took lessons from the local Fender dealership and he showed me around and introduced me to the guy who sold me my first axe.

Anyone else?

[beandip]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

My first guitar guitar was a gift. Then, I found out SRV played a strat, and traded my Hondo LP and Huffy bike for a Squire strat, and never looked back.

[danglybanger]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

my first acoustic (76 takamine) was free because it was my dads and he didn't want to play anymore. My first electric was 80 bucks on ebay! And it was ugly and flourescent yellow. I was 14 and had bad taste, so I went for it.

dan

editted to add pic. like that, except yellow. And at one point I put a DD hotrail neck pickup.

[Guitarist]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

My first guitar was a shot in the dark...something that had killer looks and "those two big pickups"... A BC Rich Mockingbird Bronze Series.

My "FIRST" guitar was a Epiphone Les Paul Standard, and while I always loved Gibby LPs, it was a friend's Custom Epi that had me drooling.

[Cowboy Dan!?]

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i have like 1 music store within a 2 hour drive radius around my house, and its not that great so i dont really have much of a choice other than buying online.

with that said my first bass i was shopping on MF and had several basses picked out in my price range(under 200). i talked to a couple friends and then it was down to a rouge and an ibanez. i got the ibanez and i made a great choice. (later down the road i came to hate rouge with an extreme passion).

my first guitar.........i just got it on thursday . i was shopping on MF with a price limit of 250 and i saw a epi SG, and it came in vintage white. when i saw that white SG i fell in love so i bought it. 3 months later it arrives

they were both great buys, i wanted to put up some pictures when i got the SG but my software that uploads pics from my camera is all messed up

[kill your scene]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

Cool stories, everybody.

traded my Hondo LP and Huffy bike for a Squire strat, and never looked back.

You have good taste. Squiers are great guitars for beginners.

i saw a epi SG, and it came in vintage white. when i saw that white SG i fell in love so i bought it.

Post pics when you get them! I actually like the G310. I was going to get it (many a year ago) but went with the Epi LP Standard instead. The G310 is really cool, though.

[pureoldsound]

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My first guitar which I still have, was the only left handed guitar in the store so I bought it, had no choice......

[Sweet Leaf_Sabbath]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

My first axe is the one i still have: an Epiphone Special SG. i just remember seeing tony iommi with an SG, so i saw this one and thought well, it's made my epiphone which is made by gibson so it shouldnt be too different. i was wrong.

it was a good beginner's guitar tho...

[texasguitarslinger]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

First guitar was a Fender Lead III. I bought it because it was the only guitar I could afford ($360 new with HSC) at the PX and still have enough for an amp.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

Usually, your second and subsequent guitars are based on your experiences, advice and a more in-depth knowledge of guitars in general. When you bought your first guitar, however, what were you going on? A recommendation from a friend? Could you play well enough to test some out in the store? Did you decide based on what your guitar hero played?

Personally, I wouldn't even be playing if it weren't for David Gilmour's solo in Comfortably Numb. Finding out he played a Strat got me partially hooked and seeing how many other great players used them got me interested in Fender in the first place. I also decided that Strats look cooler than just about any other guitar on earth. I also had a friend that took lessons from the local Fender dealership and he showed me around and introduced me to the guy who sold me my first axe.

Anyone else?

Most of the players I grew up loving and listening to played strats...It made it real easy for me to want a strat and now I Own like 6 of em...Later it was les pauls,SGs,and teles though...

[some_dude]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

My first guitars were my dads. I inherited them upon his death. One was an 89 Fender HM Strat, the other was a Fender Custom Shop Tele that used to be my Grandfathers. The Tele was stolen by a family member before I recieved it....

[kill your scene]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

I have to be totally honest, though.... when I first started playing, I didn't know the difference between a humbucker and a single-coil. I had done enough research to know brand names and what guitars looked like, but I didn't understand the "guts" until a bit later. That was about the time I fell in love with the concept of Fat Strats....

[danglybanger]

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I had no clue either! Except I wanted a humbucker cause I liked the name and it was bigger physically. Which I guess meant something to me. I had no clue what the pickup selector switch did either. It was wired wrong anyway, so it didn't matter.

So seems like the leading reasons so far are inheritence, looks, cost and peer pressure.

[some_dude]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

I have to be totally honest, though.... when I first started playing, I didn't know the difference between a humbucker and a single-coil. I had done enough research to know brand names and what guitars looked like, but I didn't understand the "guts" until a bit later. That was about the time I fell in love with the concept of Fat Strats....

I'd been playing guitar for about two years when someone asked what kind of humbucker I had in my guitar.

I just gave him a blank look, since I didn't know what a humbucker was.


Then he pointed to the humbucker and I replied "Oh, the big one."

Did I ever feel dumb.

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

Myt drummer still calls them "humdingers" or "humdingys" LOL