6stringerguy
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hi guys just wondering what your first guitar was?
mine was a yamaha erg121c superstrat that came with a **** 10 watt combo for $75
mine was a yamaha erg121c superstrat that came with a **** 10 watt combo for $75
First Guitar?
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HiFiRebel
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I started on bass first. Got the Squier starter pack for $300 in 2001. First guitar was a beatup acoustic I bought off of some old hippie, but it never held tune. First working guitar was a Fender Strat that I still play often.
I started on bass first. Got the Squier starter pack for $300 in 2001. First guitar was a beatup acoustic I bought off of some old hippie, but it never held tune. First working guitar was a Fender Strat that I still play often.
6stringerguy
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i guess the first i actually owned was a cheap acoustic i think it was called a herald or something when i was five but i couldn't play and resented having guitar lessons, but the first guitar i actually bought and the guitar i learned on was the yamaha which i still own but rarely play
i guess the first i actually owned was a cheap acoustic i think it was called a herald or something when i was five but i couldn't play and resented having guitar lessons, but the first guitar i actually bought and the guitar i learned on was the yamaha which i still own but rarely play
probo_squad_henry
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My first acoustic was a First Act I got for my 4th or 5th birthday that I still have, and it actually sounds decent.
My first electric was an Ibanez GRG series, I sold it a while back. I kinda miss it
My first acoustic was a First Act I got for my 4th or 5th birthday that I still have, and it actually sounds decent.
My first electric was an Ibanez GRG series, I sold it a while back. I kinda miss it
FuseG4
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Ibanex GRX40, nice little starter axe with really terrible pickups. Mine was purple. Eventually got a SSL-1 and a Super Distortion, later pawned it for $50. Last year I saw a new one exactly like it in a local shop for $115, almost snagged it for nostalgia value but at the time I think I had enough guitars.
Ibanex GRX40, nice little starter axe with really terrible pickups. Mine was purple. Eventually got a SSL-1 and a Super Distortion, later pawned it for $50. Last year I saw a new one exactly like it in a local shop for $115, almost snagged it for nostalgia value but at the time I think I had enough guitars.
6stringerguy
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yeah i took lessons when i was five but i was far too small to play the acoustic and i hated playing it and then got my yamaha and started playing seriously
yeah i took lessons when i was five but i was far too small to play the acoustic and i hated playing it and then got my yamaha and started playing seriously
dystrust
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My first electric was a Jackson K10Pro Kelly, and it was a piece of neck-heavy crap. At the time I bought it, I thought it looked cool and didn't really know any better. Roughly 3 months later I acquired my Explorer which was the first good guitar I got my hands on. I still have it, and it'll be one of the last to go if I have to sell.
My first electric was a Jackson K10Pro Kelly, and it was a piece of neck-heavy crap. At the time I bought it, I thought it looked cool and didn't really know any better. Roughly 3 months later I acquired my Explorer which was the first good guitar I got my hands on. I still have it, and it'll be one of the last to go if I have to sell.
6stringerguy
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The first guitar I loved was my ibanez rgit20fe which my girlfriend bought for me for my birthday
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The first guitar I loved was my ibanez rgit20fe which my girlfriend bought for me for my birthday
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Powdered Toast Man
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A Barracuda Strat.
A Barracuda Strat.
beaubrummels
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Sears and Roebuck plywood Stratocaster.
FWIW - second was a Yamaha super strat (can't remember the model),
then a Fender 'The Strat',
then a Gibson Les Paul Standard.
...and it only went onwards and upwards from there.
Sears and Roebuck plywood Stratocaster.
FWIW - second was a Yamaha super strat (can't remember the model),
then a Fender 'The Strat',
then a Gibson Les Paul Standard.
...and it only went onwards and upwards from there.
Johnny the Kid
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Yamaha acoustic. My parents wanted me to start on acoustic first because it was cheaper and they didn't want to shell out a ton of money for it. When it was pretty clear that I was going to be sticking with it, they got me a Squier Strat.
Yamaha acoustic. My parents wanted me to start on acoustic first because it was cheaper and they didn't want to shell out a ton of money for it. When it was pretty clear that I was going to be sticking with it, they got me a Squier Strat.
BenPerkins
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Black Flying V half cut. I was 15 and bought it from my friend's dad for $40, I think.
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Black Flying V half cut. I was 15 and bought it from my friend's dad for $40, I think.
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SirJackdeFuzz
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I had many, many acoustics, before my 1st electric.
Started with no-name Spanish guitars (nylon classic), then no-name ermmm, do not know what they are, but they looked like these f-hole acoustics : https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/19/11/7f/19117fc9d24089e18314dbf210caccd9.jpg
My 1st ELECTRIC was an Epi LP Gold Top with a 'not-so-nice' gold top . . . almost with a muted/subdued 'flake' effect. Similar to this : https://www.long-mcquade.com/files/19799/lg_elp-gtch pickups.jpg
I had many, many acoustics, before my 1st electric.
Started with no-name Spanish guitars (nylon classic), then no-name ermmm, do not know what they are, but they looked like these f-hole acoustics : https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/19/11/7f/19117fc9d24089e18314dbf210caccd9.jpg
My 1st ELECTRIC was an Epi LP Gold Top with a 'not-so-nice' gold top . . . almost with a muted/subdued 'flake' effect. Similar to this : https://www.long-mcquade.com/files/19799/lg_elp-gtch pickups.jpg
BriGuy1968
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I sorta have 3 that I consider "firsts"
This is the first guitar I played, and on which I learned to play. A 1970-something Estrada Deluxe Classical guitar. It was my mom's, but it's now in my collection:
This was actually the first guitar I ever owned, a 1980-something Applause (by Kaman, same maker as Ovation at the time) AA-31. Got it in 1984 and still have it.
This is my only photo of my first electric guitar. A cheap-ass Lotus copy of an LP Jr. that I got in 1985, but lost in the same fire that damaged "The Phoenix" in 1995. It was a POS, but I wish I still had it (wish I still had those pants too!)
I sorta have 3 that I consider "firsts"
This is the first guitar I played, and on which I learned to play. A 1970-something Estrada Deluxe Classical guitar. It was my mom's, but it's now in my collection:
This was actually the first guitar I ever owned, a 1980-something Applause (by Kaman, same maker as Ovation at the time) AA-31. Got it in 1984 and still have it.
This is my only photo of my first electric guitar. A cheap-ass Lotus copy of an LP Jr. that I got in 1985, but lost in the same fire that damaged "The Phoenix" in 1995. It was a POS, but I wish I still had it (wish I still had those pants too!)
Nostalgic Distortion
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My first guitar was some awful Sears catalog thing that picked up radio stations as well as it did the strings!!! I only had it for about a month & then I got my first real guitar, a brand spanking new 1997 MIM Strat! I kept it until about a month ago and then I finally unloaded it with a bunch of others but just yesterday I got a email from the guy I sold it to!
I had done just about every horrible, terrible, awful thing to this guitar you could imagine except take it out back & used it for target practice!!! Most of you can probably remember the guitar, it was the one covered with green polka dots??? He's got it looking & playing like a brand new guitar again!!! Now I kinda want it back, LOL!!!
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While I'm admittedly a little jealous I'm also super happy that the guitar will be around to give someone else a bunch of great memories & songs like it did for me!!! I wrote the best songs I'll ever write on it and it was my friend through many adventures!!!
I do think I do hear it crying for some better pickups though??? I'm sorry about that, she got a little spoiled over the years.... :9:
My first guitar was some awful Sears catalog thing that picked up radio stations as well as it did the strings!!! I only had it for about a month & then I got my first real guitar, a brand spanking new 1997 MIM Strat! I kept it until about a month ago and then I finally unloaded it with a bunch of others but just yesterday I got a email from the guy I sold it to!
I had done just about every horrible, terrible, awful thing to this guitar you could imagine except take it out back & used it for target practice!!! Most of you can probably remember the guitar, it was the one covered with green polka dots??? He's got it looking & playing like a brand new guitar again!!! Now I kinda want it back, LOL!!!
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While I'm admittedly a little jealous I'm also super happy that the guitar will be around to give someone else a bunch of great memories & songs like it did for me!!! I wrote the best songs I'll ever write on it and it was my friend through many adventures!!!
I do think I do hear it crying for some better pickups though??? I'm sorry about that, she got a little spoiled over the years.... :9:
Brandenburg
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this is not mine as i traded it for another guitar along time ago... that was pretty stupid imo but i was young and had no idea what i had. just a pic i found on the net but its the same model except mine had coil split switches for each humbucker
DAION MARK XX.. bought in 1988
this is not mine as i traded it for another guitar along time ago... that was pretty stupid imo but i was young and had no idea what i had. just a pic i found on the net but its the same model except mine had coil split switches for each humbucker
DAION MARK XX.. bought in 1988
muttznmongrelz
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Re: First Guitar?
Alvarez Regent Acoustic; received as a Christmas Gift in 1989.
Alvarez Regent Acoustic; received as a Christmas Gift in 1989.