First Guitar?
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6stringerguy
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wow that is beautiful
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Taz Rules
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My first guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. that came with Rocksmith (the video game).
I hated it. Loved the game, but the guitar felt so wrong in my hands...the neck didn't suit me, I guess, though I didn't know it at the time. All I knew was that I couldn't do a barre chord at all and most open chords, especially G based chords, were a royal pain. Didn't like the sound, the feel where my arm rested, or the way it sat on my body. (I NEED at tummy cut!)
It literally sat for two years, being picked up maybe once every 6-8 months for a few minutes.
I traded it straight up for a Barracuda strat (which I painted with lightning bolts - off topic) and suddenly found I enjoyed playing. I consider that Barracuda my real first guitar, because I actually played it.
My first guitar was an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. that came with Rocksmith (the video game).
I hated it. Loved the game, but the guitar felt so wrong in my hands...the neck didn't suit me, I guess, though I didn't know it at the time. All I knew was that I couldn't do a barre chord at all and most open chords, especially G based chords, were a royal pain. Didn't like the sound, the feel where my arm rested, or the way it sat on my body. (I NEED at tummy cut!)
It literally sat for two years, being picked up maybe once every 6-8 months for a few minutes.
I traded it straight up for a Barracuda strat (which I painted with lightning bolts - off topic) and suddenly found I enjoyed playing. I consider that Barracuda my real first guitar, because I actually played it.
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My first electric was my first real guitar, a deep red Squier II Stratocaster made in India in (I was told) 1990. My brother negotiated the sale from a friend of his, who was buying a Washburn KC-40V. The Strat basically cost me what I'd made baling hay that summer.
It was heavy and suffered the misfortune of not being a Les Paul, an RG, or a King V. That said, it probably wasn't a bad guitar.
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I ended up selling it when I was in college and not really playing. I would probably pay above market value to have it back.
My first electric was my first real guitar, a deep red Squier II Stratocaster made in India in (I was told) 1990. My brother negotiated the sale from a friend of his, who was buying a Washburn KC-40V. The Strat basically cost me what I'd made baling hay that summer.
It was heavy and suffered the misfortune of not being a Les Paul, an RG, or a King V. That said, it probably wasn't a bad guitar.
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I ended up selling it when I was in college and not really playing. I would probably pay above market value to have it back.
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PFDarkside
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Red Ibanez RX40
According to the advert, every famous guitar player remembers their first guitar. Even had a "hardwood" body! I wish I knew then what I know now. If not saving an extra $100 at least had a real nut made for it.
Red Ibanez RX40
According to the advert, every famous guitar player remembers their first guitar. Even had a "hardwood" body! I wish I knew then what I know now. If not saving an extra $100 at least had a real nut made for it.
Boogie Bill
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My first was a '50s Stella Tenor guitar that had been left at our house by my sister's boyfriend. Nice dark sunburst finish, but strings about 1/2" above the fretboard! Went through the Mel Bay "Fun With The Tenor Guitar" book. Then I got a Lyle classic nylon string guitar for Xmas 1965 and went through the same songs in the 6-string book. And then I got a Harmony Sovereign Jumbo. The Lyle was damaged in a car accident on my 16th birthday in 1966 and the Harmony was stolen in 1972.
First electric was a c. 1960 Fender Duo-Sonic in Desert Tan. Mom got it from a local pawn shop; I think it was $85.00. In 1968 I bought an ash Fender Telecaster Thinline with a factory Bigsby, only a few months old. Bought it from a classified ad and had to fighf off five other guys to get it, but I got there first. Paid $150 for it, a real bargain. It was stolen with the Harmony, but I luckily got it back. The guy had screwed it up though, so I traded it off on a Gibson ES-150 DCN. Big mistake, wish I still had the Tele.
Bill
My first was a '50s Stella Tenor guitar that had been left at our house by my sister's boyfriend. Nice dark sunburst finish, but strings about 1/2" above the fretboard! Went through the Mel Bay "Fun With The Tenor Guitar" book. Then I got a Lyle classic nylon string guitar for Xmas 1965 and went through the same songs in the 6-string book. And then I got a Harmony Sovereign Jumbo. The Lyle was damaged in a car accident on my 16th birthday in 1966 and the Harmony was stolen in 1972.
First electric was a c. 1960 Fender Duo-Sonic in Desert Tan. Mom got it from a local pawn shop; I think it was $85.00. In 1968 I bought an ash Fender Telecaster Thinline with a factory Bigsby, only a few months old. Bought it from a classified ad and had to fighf off five other guys to get it, but I got there first. Paid $150 for it, a real bargain. It was stolen with the Harmony, but I luckily got it back. The guy had screwed it up though, so I traded it off on a Gibson ES-150 DCN. Big mistake, wish I still had the Tele.
Bill
JB_From_Hell
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The guitar I started playing on is the '62 Les Paul/SG I never stop talking about. It was my dad's (technically, I suppose it still is), the first one that was actually mine was a '69 Fender Mustang. It was the Competition model, so red with a racing stripe and matching headstock. It was $250 in 1994 from Sound City Music in Troy, Ohio.
I've told the shameful, uber-embarrassing story of getting rid of that guitar on here, and I will NOT be retelling it.
The guitar I started playing on is the '62 Les Paul/SG I never stop talking about. It was my dad's (technically, I suppose it still is), the first one that was actually mine was a '69 Fender Mustang. It was the Competition model, so red with a racing stripe and matching headstock. It was $250 in 1994 from Sound City Music in Troy, Ohio.
I've told the shameful, uber-embarrassing story of getting rid of that guitar on here, and I will NOT be retelling it.
Gtrjunior
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Sounds like mine! It was actually a friends but he let me borrow it. When he asked for it back my parents got me my second, first guitar. A black Grand Prix superstrat type. I played that for years...
Sounds like mine! It was actually a friends but he let me borrow it. When he asked for it back my parents got me my second, first guitar. A black Grand Prix superstrat type. I played that for years...
Undone
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First acoustic (8 years old) was a POS my dad bought in Guam when were stationed there in 1968. Horribly warped body where the bridge was mounted. The action was ridiculous. Learned how to bleed on that for 3-4 years on/off.
First electric was Memphis Les Paul copy that I got for Christmas in 1980(12 years old). It was so bad my old man took it back after a week and came home wiith a brand new Vantage VS 695 with double cut away, dual humbuckers and coil split plus phase switching. All natural ash body with a rosewood fingerboard. It was during the period when tbey were buying built at the Matsumoku plant in Japan. I played that guitar about 5-6 hours a day for six years. It now resides in my folks garage begging to be reassembled.
*Edit: Found a photo of the Vantage
First acoustic (8 years old) was a POS my dad bought in Guam when were stationed there in 1968. Horribly warped body where the bridge was mounted. The action was ridiculous. Learned how to bleed on that for 3-4 years on/off.
First electric was Memphis Les Paul copy that I got for Christmas in 1980(12 years old). It was so bad my old man took it back after a week and came home wiith a brand new Vantage VS 695 with double cut away, dual humbuckers and coil split plus phase switching. All natural ash body with a rosewood fingerboard. It was during the period when tbey were buying built at the Matsumoku plant in Japan. I played that guitar about 5-6 hours a day for six years. It now resides in my folks garage begging to be reassembled.
*Edit: Found a photo of the Vantage
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HotHead
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My grandpa gave me my first guitar when I was 6. He found it in someone's trash. He grew up in the Great Depression, that's where that habit came from. As far as I remember, it worked and had all 6 strings. I had it for like a day, and then my brother broke it by stepping on it. I don't know what make/model it was.
My next one came when I was 10. I got one of those crappy child's First Act acoustics for Christmas. It was awful to play on, and it was too small for me. I lost interest quickly and smashed it for fun.
When I was 13, I got what I officially consider my real "first" guitar. My uncle gave me his Fender 50th Anniversary MIM Strat, which I still play every day, 10 years later. It's my baby. This guitar is what made me finally stick to learning the instrument. I try to make or buy another guitar to "replace" it (I did a lot of naive experiments on it, so it's not exactly the smoothest guitar to play) but nothing else feels quite right. I grew up with this thing; it's almost a part of my DNA, so it's here to stay.
My grandpa gave me my first guitar when I was 6. He found it in someone's trash. He grew up in the Great Depression, that's where that habit came from. As far as I remember, it worked and had all 6 strings. I had it for like a day, and then my brother broke it by stepping on it. I don't know what make/model it was.
My next one came when I was 10. I got one of those crappy child's First Act acoustics for Christmas. It was awful to play on, and it was too small for me. I lost interest quickly and smashed it for fun.
When I was 13, I got what I officially consider my real "first" guitar. My uncle gave me his Fender 50th Anniversary MIM Strat, which I still play every day, 10 years later. It's my baby. This guitar is what made me finally stick to learning the instrument. I try to make or buy another guitar to "replace" it (I did a lot of naive experiments on it, so it's not exactly the smoothest guitar to play) but nothing else feels quite right. I grew up with this thing; it's almost a part of my DNA, so it's here to stay.
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