How did you decide on your FIRST guitar?

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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?
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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. :yell:

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.
 
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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 :laugh2: . 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 :rolleyes:

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 :smack:
 
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Cool stories, everybody. :)


beandip said:
traded my Hondo LP and Huffy bike for a Squire strat, and never looked back.
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You have good taste. Squiers are great guitars for beginners.

Cowboy Dan!? said:
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.
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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.
 
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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......
 
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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...
 
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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. :smoker:
 
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kill your scene said:
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?
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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... :smack:
 
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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....
 
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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....
 
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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.
 
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kill your scene said:
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....
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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.
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Then he pointed to the humbucker and I replied "Oh, the big one."

Did I ever feel dumb. :laugh2:
 
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My first guitar is my current guitar, I got it about 4 years ago in my local music store. It really was at the time the most unique guitar id seen and played. It was very "perty" and sounded great, so i got it and replaced the buckers. Dont know what kind it is tho, it says Tradition and its a nice looking wood.
 
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my first guitar was in the esp starter pack, and it had kirk hammet on the box and looked similar to kirk's M-II's. so thats why haha. and the dude at the store said its better for metal than a strat or something. and my dad used to play, so i had him try it out and he said it was good. i still play it now, and for coming in a starter pack its a hell of a guitar. still havent even changed the pickups. probably should but theyre not bad. plays great thogh and its in really good shape after being pu tthrough hell haha
 
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I got a Strat because that's what Yngwie and Richie Blackmore play ... when I discovered Lynch, I decided to get a guitar with a humbucker in the bridge, and got my 1st Charvel Model 2.
 
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The first guitar I ever got was a Fender MIM Strat. My music instructor in school owns a small music store. It was a used guitar that was discounted to $325. I recognized the brand name and I knew the style was popular, so I was happy with it.

I went through a Les Paul phase because I hated the tone woods that the MIM was made out of (it sucked and the EMG DG-20 set just amplified the lack of natural tone). The Les Paul ended up being a step behind in the long run because it really didn't offer the tone in my head. If I got anything out of it, I got a strong hands on experience with the feel and tone differences between single coils and humbuckers. Playing both I think really helped me to draw conclusions as to what I needed as a musician (never really took that well to the P90 and mini buckers I've tried in the past... though I do like the Filtertrons).

Now I've found my guitar. I can blend pickups and nail SRV, Jimi, jangly clean tones, rich overdriven tones, have the thickness articulation and cut of a humbucker for distortion... it's a dream come true. An amazing thing happens when you find a combination that works, and in my case, works for just about everything anybody could want. I feel good now that I've found one big part of the tone hunt finished (no more guitar searching for me... I don't think I could possibly find something better).
 
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