WHO REMEMBERS THEIR FIRST GUITAR????
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jackson111
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my cousin gave me his Hondo flying "v" when I was 14. it was actually a good guitar but I got rid of it when I was 17 because I wanted something I could sit and play. I do miss that guitar I found out later on it was a lawsuit guitar. Gibson filed a lawsuit because it was an exact copy of the epiphone flying "v". my next guitar was a washburn kc42v, miss that guitar to.
my cousin gave me his Hondo flying "v" when I was 14. it was actually a good guitar but I got rid of it when I was 17 because I wanted something I could sit and play. I do miss that guitar I found out later on it was a lawsuit guitar. Gibson filed a lawsuit because it was an exact copy of the epiphone flying "v". my next guitar was a washburn kc42v, miss that guitar to.
JimmyO
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My first electric was a GTX36 Les Paul copy. I worked a paper round to finance the purchase back when I was 14. It was the closet I could get at the the time to my heroes guitars - Slash, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry. Not to mention early memories of watching Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross play On The Run using vintage sunburst Les Pauls on Later with Jools Holland back in about '93. Thats when I knew I needed something more rock n roll than my 3/4 scale classical guitar!
Last year I replaced all the hardware and electronics on it and added a set of Whole Lotta Humbuckers. Still love that guitar.
My first electric was a GTX36 Les Paul copy. I worked a paper round to finance the purchase back when I was 14. It was the closet I could get at the the time to my heroes guitars - Slash, Jimmy Page and Joe Perry. Not to mention early memories of watching Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross play On The Run using vintage sunburst Les Pauls on Later with Jools Holland back in about '93. Thats when I knew I needed something more rock n roll than my 3/4 scale classical guitar!
Last year I replaced all the hardware and electronics on it and added a set of Whole Lotta Humbuckers. Still love that guitar.
Artie
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Those are life's best lessons.
I remember my first guitar, and I remember my first car. I forget my first piece 'o tail. Funny how that works.
Artie
Those are life's best lessons.
I remember my first guitar, and I remember my first car. I forget my first piece 'o tail. Funny how that works.
Artie
The Guitar
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Mine was a Westone. H,S,S, Black super strat style body with a Floyd copy, Eagle W logo. The Floyd was blocked and I popped the wood block out and it almost ripped the posts out.
Had that fixed. There was a red one that popped up on CL, but as much fun it would be to get it, not really a necessity.
Mine was a Westone. H,S,S, Black super strat style body with a Floyd copy, Eagle W logo. The Floyd was blocked and I popped the wood block out and it almost ripped the posts out.
Had that fixed. There was a red one that popped up on CL, but as much fun it would be to get it, not really a necessity.
BurningShrine
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My first guitar was some kind of Yamaha thing.
It "died" after a gig though...
I guess smashing guitars was cool stuff a few years ago ;o)
My first guitar was some kind of Yamaha thing.
It "died" after a gig though...
I guess smashing guitars was cool stuff a few years ago ;o)
Maggot
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My first guitar was a Gibson Sonex 180 that my parents got me for my 14th birthday. Despite its respectable looks, it was made out of what appeared to be marijuana resin, had Dirty Fingers humbuckers and didn't sound that great. It looked like this:
After about a year, I took it down to a local pawnshop and traded it for one of these Hagstroms. Wish I still had it! Who knew that acrylic, plywood and vinyl would sound so superior to pot resin?
I still love Hagstrom guitars, even the reissues.
My first guitar was a Gibson Sonex 180 that my parents got me for my 14th birthday. Despite its respectable looks, it was made out of what appeared to be marijuana resin, had Dirty Fingers humbuckers and didn't sound that great. It looked like this:
After about a year, I took it down to a local pawnshop and traded it for one of these Hagstroms. Wish I still had it! Who knew that acrylic, plywood and vinyl would sound so superior to pot resin?
I still love Hagstrom guitars, even the reissues.
GuitarFanatic
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My first guitar was a Squier Affinity Strat (Don't judge me) But I ended up taking that guitar apart and throwing it away and I had better ones. At one point my stand looked like this.
I feel bad because I sold most of this stuff.
My first guitar was a Squier Affinity Strat (Don't judge me) But I ended up taking that guitar apart and throwing it away and I had better ones. At one point my stand looked like this.
I feel bad because I sold most of this stuff.
Brandenburg
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Daion mark XX.. LIKE an idiot I didnt kinow what I had and thought it was a cheap guitar then.. now I wishy I had it
F*CK.. KOA body and it was neck through .. coil splits on both humbuckers too.. Just curious how much they fetch now aday so i looked it up. lol ~$800. not bad for a Japanese mfg'ed in the 80's
Daion mark XX.. LIKE an idiot I didnt kinow what I had and thought it was a cheap guitar then.. now I wishy I had it
F*CK.. KOA body and it was neck through .. coil splits on both humbuckers too.. Just curious how much they fetch now aday so i looked it up. lol ~$800. not bad for a Japanese mfg'ed in the 80's
ItsaBass
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I still have it. It started life as a vintage white 1985 Fender Japanese '50's Stratocaster. When I got it in the early '90's, it had been modded. The original guard, pickups, electronics, and tuners were all gone, and the neck had been stripped and oiled. The bridge was blocked down with screws through the top of the guitar. It had EMGs and a black guard, with V/T controls...and Schaller tuners. I quickly blocked the vibrato properly (with a block of wood) and removed the screws that held down the vibrato from the top. I put 15–58 strings on it. I played it like this for a long time. I eventually changed it to a more proper '50's look, first with a white guard, then with a gold guard. It got water damaged at one point, so I put it aside for several years.
A few months ago, I decided to spruce it up. As part of that, I also got the itch to mod it as well. I put the EMGs back in, wired V/T/T/T with stack knobs (so I could use the "original" two-hole black guard). I made it 18V, and turned the vibrato cavity into a battery box. I also installed a period-correct mid-'80's Kahler pulled from a Jackson. I got all black hardware and a black nut. I decided to strip the neck of its grungy, water-damaged oil and refinish it. When I was messing with the neck, I didn't realize that the water damage had welded the truss adjustment nut to the rod. So I busted the truss rod (a first for me). Actually, nothing metal broke. I just busted the weird MIJ knurled anchor out of its pocket; if it had been a standard MIA-type truss anchor, it probably would not have happened. So now the neck has been gutted, and I need to put a new rod in and recap it before finishing it.
Here is a picture of the body as it now stands, waiting for its neck to be fixed:
I still have it. It started life as a vintage white 1985 Fender Japanese '50's Stratocaster. When I got it in the early '90's, it had been modded. The original guard, pickups, electronics, and tuners were all gone, and the neck had been stripped and oiled. The bridge was blocked down with screws through the top of the guitar. It had EMGs and a black guard, with V/T controls...and Schaller tuners. I quickly blocked the vibrato properly (with a block of wood) and removed the screws that held down the vibrato from the top. I put 15–58 strings on it. I played it like this for a long time. I eventually changed it to a more proper '50's look, first with a white guard, then with a gold guard. It got water damaged at one point, so I put it aside for several years.
A few months ago, I decided to spruce it up. As part of that, I also got the itch to mod it as well. I put the EMGs back in, wired V/T/T/T with stack knobs (so I could use the "original" two-hole black guard). I made it 18V, and turned the vibrato cavity into a battery box. I also installed a period-correct mid-'80's Kahler pulled from a Jackson. I got all black hardware and a black nut. I decided to strip the neck of its grungy, water-damaged oil and refinish it. When I was messing with the neck, I didn't realize that the water damage had welded the truss adjustment nut to the rod. So I busted the truss rod (a first for me). Actually, nothing metal broke. I just busted the weird MIJ knurled anchor out of its pocket; if it had been a standard MIA-type truss anchor, it probably would not have happened. So now the neck has been gutted, and I need to put a new rod in and recap it before finishing it.
Here is a picture of the body as it now stands, waiting for its neck to be fixed:
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LogicallyInsane
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My first guitar was bought for me by my dad for my 13th bday at a store called Sam Goody..
It was an Epiphone Les Paul Special II Goth edition with the amp and other crap...
I still have it... I've done a few things to it over the years, mainly trying to add a little color to it because it was just too black for my tastes.. Made a white pickguard and custom toggle knob and changed the pickup rings... I'd take a picture, but I'm too lazy lol...
My first guitar was bought for me by my dad for my 13th bday at a store called Sam Goody..
It was an Epiphone Les Paul Special II Goth edition with the amp and other crap...
I still have it... I've done a few things to it over the years, mainly trying to add a little color to it because it was just too black for my tastes.. Made a white pickguard and custom toggle knob and changed the pickup rings... I'd take a picture, but I'm too lazy lol...
Aceman
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LMAO! I have a GTX36 Black Beauty Custom I am Ace Fregley modding now!!!!
LMAO! I have a GTX36 Black Beauty Custom I am Ace Fregley modding now!!!!
Drunken Bowling
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Mine was one of those Synsonics "Terminator" guitars with a single coil in the bridge and a built in speaker.
Mine was one of those Synsonics "Terminator" guitars with a single coil in the bridge and a built in speaker.
JimmyO
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That is crazy, you are the first person I know that also has one. I went more Jimmy Page with mine but you'll have post pics when you're done. Guessing your going with some super distortion/PAF/smoke bomb action for that one?
That is crazy, you are the first person I know that also has one. I went more Jimmy Page with mine but you'll have post pics when you're done. Guessing your going with some super distortion/PAF/smoke bomb action for that one?
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love the big Iron Maiden on it:headbang: cool stuff.
This thing i modded.
I traded it with a mate not so long ago and i wish i hadn't. Oh wellz i could always do another.
love the big Iron Maiden on it:headbang: cool stuff.
