Would you sell the first guitar you ever had?
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Phantasmagoria
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I've still got my '85 DT250..sold it..bought it back some years ago. The neck had kind of had it though...still nice to have around.
I've still got my '85 DT250..sold it..bought it back some years ago. The neck had kind of had it though...still nice to have around.
Dave Locher
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If my first guitar was halfway decent (it was not) and I still owned it (I don't), then I would keep it forever.
Unfortunately my first three or four were pure total crap and I sold them each in rapid succession until I got to decent ones.
The borrowed guitar I learned to play on (a blue metallic '60s Jaguar with the wrong neck on it), however, I would love to have today...
If my first guitar was halfway decent (it was not) and I still owned it (I don't), then I would keep it forever.
Unfortunately my first three or four were pure total crap and I sold them each in rapid succession until I got to decent ones.
The borrowed guitar I learned to play on (a blue metallic '60s Jaguar with the wrong neck on it), however, I would love to have today...
JamesPaul
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My first guitar was an old Kay acoustic. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old and didn't have the finger strength to fret the darned thing. I honestly do not know what happened to the Kay.
Cut to a few years later when I came back to guitar and got my first electric. It was a a 1981 Fender Bullet S-3 which was a much better experience. The S-3 was modified into my first Superstrat and in later years it kind of became a test bed, but retains the original middle pickup. I still have this Bullet S-3 to this day and I would never never sell it.
Even though I primarily play Les Paul's these days, there is just something magic about the neck of the guitar I first learned to play on. It does not get out in public much, but if I get frustrated with my playing it usually comes out behind closed doors. I also think the S-3 drove my choice of a Tele '72 Deluxe neck to replace my road worn Fender Lead II neck. But I digress...
It is a tough call to remember the first song I learned front to back. However I am confident it is either an AC/DC or Judas Priest song. Likely Highway to Hell or Breaking the Law.
Great thread!
My first guitar was an old Kay acoustic. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old and didn't have the finger strength to fret the darned thing. I honestly do not know what happened to the Kay.
Cut to a few years later when I came back to guitar and got my first electric. It was a a 1981 Fender Bullet S-3 which was a much better experience. The S-3 was modified into my first Superstrat and in later years it kind of became a test bed, but retains the original middle pickup. I still have this Bullet S-3 to this day and I would never never sell it.
Even though I primarily play Les Paul's these days, there is just something magic about the neck of the guitar I first learned to play on. It does not get out in public much, but if I get frustrated with my playing it usually comes out behind closed doors. I also think the S-3 drove my choice of a Tele '72 Deluxe neck to replace my road worn Fender Lead II neck. But I digress...
It is a tough call to remember the first song I learned front to back. However I am confident it is either an AC/DC or Judas Priest song. Likely Highway to Hell or Breaking the Law.
Great thread!
Boogie Bill
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First rock song was Herman's Hermits' "Something Good". Still sing it.
I started playing in 1965, at 14. First guitars were a Stella tenor guitar, then a Lyle classic. Next was a Harmony Sovereign, which was better than some of the Gibsons my friends had. Next I acquired a 1960 Fender Duo-Sonic.
The Stella was very hard to play with high action, the Lyle was damaged in a car accident. My mom gave them to another family. So no real regrets there.
I next acquired a 6-month old 1968 Telecaster Thinline with a factory Bigsby. Great guitar. However that one and the Sovereign were stolen in 1972. I did recover the Tele, but the thief boogered it up and I traded it off on a Gibson ES-150DCN (which turned out to be a terrible guitar.)
I sold the Duo-Sonic to a very petite young woman who was just learning. She was ecstatic to finally find a guitar that actually fit her.
Of all the guitars I've owned and sold, that Tele Thinline, and a used Gibson long-neck ES-330 I bought in 1973 are the ones I miss the most, along with my 1960 Strat and my first Martin D-18.
Bill
First rock song was Herman's Hermits' "Something Good". Still sing it.
I started playing in 1965, at 14. First guitars were a Stella tenor guitar, then a Lyle classic. Next was a Harmony Sovereign, which was better than some of the Gibsons my friends had. Next I acquired a 1960 Fender Duo-Sonic.
The Stella was very hard to play with high action, the Lyle was damaged in a car accident. My mom gave them to another family. So no real regrets there.
I next acquired a 6-month old 1968 Telecaster Thinline with a factory Bigsby. Great guitar. However that one and the Sovereign were stolen in 1972. I did recover the Tele, but the thief boogered it up and I traded it off on a Gibson ES-150DCN (which turned out to be a terrible guitar.)
I sold the Duo-Sonic to a very petite young woman who was just learning. She was ecstatic to finally find a guitar that actually fit her.
Of all the guitars I've owned and sold, that Tele Thinline, and a used Gibson long-neck ES-330 I bought in 1973 are the ones I miss the most, along with my 1960 Strat and my first Martin D-18.
Bill
plasticscouse
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My 1st was an old Crafter plastic backed acoustic. I gifted it to a friend, I don’t regret it at all, but I do miss it sometimes. My wife didn’t like the sound though.
My 1st electric was some garbage Encore, don’t regret trading it in the slightest.
My 1st was an old Crafter plastic backed acoustic. I gifted it to a friend, I don’t regret it at all, but I do miss it sometimes. My wife didn’t like the sound though.
My 1st electric was some garbage Encore, don’t regret trading it in the slightest.
NegativeEase
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I did, for drug money. I regret.
Ya'll don't act like 20 something year old me plz.
Life will be so much easier for you if you learn to listen and consider experience instead of everything learned the hard way -like my stubborn a**
I did, for drug money. I regret.
Ya'll don't act like 20 something year old me plz.
Life will be so much easier for you if you learn to listen and consider experience instead of everything learned the hard way -like my stubborn a**
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OLDERBUDWISER
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I doubt if anybody here is perfect, I know I never judge. Live and learn
I doubt if anybody here is perfect, I know I never judge. Live and learn
NegativeEase
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Yeah, on the off chance some teenager is reading and actually might consider future regret.
Yeah, on the off chance some teenager is reading and actually might consider future regret.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
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For my 12th Birthday, parent got me a Les Paul Standard after 2 years of lessons on acoustic.
I still have it, it is not for sale now or ever.
I think "Bringin' On The Heartache" by Def Leppard was the first song I nailed start to fish, solos and all.
replaced Bridge T-top with a Duncan Distortion.
For my 12th Birthday, parent got me a Les Paul Standard after 2 years of lessons on acoustic.
I still have it, it is not for sale now or ever.
I think "Bringin' On The Heartache" by Def Leppard was the first song I nailed start to fish, solos and all.
replaced Bridge T-top with a Duncan Distortion.
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weepingminotaur
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Really just enjoying reading everyone's guitar stories, in this thread. Keep them coming!
Really just enjoying reading everyone's guitar stories, in this thread. Keep them coming!
Artie
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Bought my first guitar in high school, in Germany, in 1969. It was a cheap Framus. I don't even remember what happened to it. It was unusual in that the pickups, controls, and output jack were all installed in a raised plastic piece that you could remove the mounting screws from and slide the whole assembly out from under the strings.
Bought my first guitar in high school, in Germany, in 1969. It was a cheap Framus. I don't even remember what happened to it. It was unusual in that the pickups, controls, and output jack were all installed in a raised plastic piece that you could remove the mounting screws from and slide the whole assembly out from under the strings.
akio
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I've actually been back and forth on this a few times over the years, but now the answer is firmly NO. My first guitar was/is a Gibson GK-55, the weird bolt-on '55 Les Paul Special "tribute" with humbuckers instead of P90s and Heritage style cavity covers. My parents bought it for me new and started me on lessons back in '79, and even though I've been off and on about learning and practicing, been annoyed and disappointed with how it sounded, broken the headstock twice in one month, had the pickups stolen, put in storage when apathetic about playing, looked at it in disgust while imagining buying and playing cooler guitars, then got nostalgic about the whole thing and stripped it down for a full refinish and mods. And I have seriously considered selling it back when I was less successful financially, or irritated with playing. Fortunately it is just undesireable enough to simply be not worth selling. It took me a lot of years to realize it is more than some beaten and healed bastard Gibson. It is also a symbol of my childhood, of my parents' love, of my personal growth. Next week will be its 40th birthday, and the beginning of the final modification run where it earns this new designation:
And now the most shameful part of all this.... The first song I learned comprehensively was
Talk Dirty to Me
I've actually been back and forth on this a few times over the years, but now the answer is firmly NO. My first guitar was/is a Gibson GK-55, the weird bolt-on '55 Les Paul Special "tribute" with humbuckers instead of P90s and Heritage style cavity covers. My parents bought it for me new and started me on lessons back in '79, and even though I've been off and on about learning and practicing, been annoyed and disappointed with how it sounded, broken the headstock twice in one month, had the pickups stolen, put in storage when apathetic about playing, looked at it in disgust while imagining buying and playing cooler guitars, then got nostalgic about the whole thing and stripped it down for a full refinish and mods. And I have seriously considered selling it back when I was less successful financially, or irritated with playing. Fortunately it is just undesireable enough to simply be not worth selling. It took me a lot of years to realize it is more than some beaten and healed bastard Gibson. It is also a symbol of my childhood, of my parents' love, of my personal growth. Next week will be its 40th birthday, and the beginning of the final modification run where it earns this new designation:
And now the most shameful part of all this.... The first song I learned comprehensively was
Talk Dirty to Me
v8stang289
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Sold it a long time ago, and I don't regret it. My first guitar was a Rogue ST4 strat copy. It didn't sound very good(neither did I lol). After a few months I sold it to my cousin and got an Ibanez RG220B, which I still have.
Sold it a long time ago, and I don't regret it. My first guitar was a Rogue ST4 strat copy. It didn't sound very good(neither did I lol). After a few months I sold it to my cousin and got an Ibanez RG220B, which I still have.
BriGuy1968
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Would you sell the first guitar you ever had?
Still got the first guitar I learned on... it was my mom’s and I play it like once a year and then remember why I don’t like nylon-strings. I’ll never get rid of it though.
Still got my very first guitar... had it for 35 years now and still enjoy playing it.
Lost my first electric (a cheap Lotus LP copy) in the same fire that scarred up my Westone (the one in my avatar). Wish I still had it. Check out one of my senior pictures from 1986: [emoji23]
Really, I’ve always been one to keep them... have sold very few over the years.
I really don’t recall my first song learned. Probably something like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” on acoustic and “Breaking the Law” on electric.
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Still got the first guitar I learned on... it was my mom’s and I play it like once a year and then remember why I don’t like nylon-strings. I’ll never get rid of it though.
Still got my very first guitar... had it for 35 years now and still enjoy playing it.
Lost my first electric (a cheap Lotus LP copy) in the same fire that scarred up my Westone (the one in my avatar). Wish I still had it. Check out one of my senior pictures from 1986: [emoji23]
Really, I’ve always been one to keep them... have sold very few over the years.
I really don’t recall my first song learned. Probably something like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” on acoustic and “Breaking the Law” on electric.
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beaubrummels
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I learned on my sisters 1978 Yamaha G-231 classical. Still have it. It’s not worth anything to sell.
First guitar I bought was a 1979 Sears Stratocaster. The neck broke by 1983. Still have the body. Nothing there to sell.
First real guitar I toured with was a 1983 G&L F-100. My dad bought it for me. I later sold it to the rhythm guitar player in my band at the time.
The first real guitar I bought myself was a 1994 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Still have it, still play it. Will never mod it and would only sell if I am not able to play anymore.
I can’t remember which song I learned all the way through because I’ve always learned 5-6 or more songs at a time. I think the first song I attempted on acoustic was “Pigs On The Wing” because it was very short and just had cowboy chords. The first song I attempted on electric was “Cocaine” because it was only two chords mainly, and just the same barre chord shape moved around. I learned to solo by jamming over records, like “Spoonful” live by Cream, and “Young Man Blues” live by The Who. That’s mainly all I can remember.
I learned on my sisters 1978 Yamaha G-231 classical. Still have it. It’s not worth anything to sell.
First guitar I bought was a 1979 Sears Stratocaster. The neck broke by 1983. Still have the body. Nothing there to sell.
First real guitar I toured with was a 1983 G&L F-100. My dad bought it for me. I later sold it to the rhythm guitar player in my band at the time.
The first real guitar I bought myself was a 1994 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Still have it, still play it. Will never mod it and would only sell if I am not able to play anymore.
I can’t remember which song I learned all the way through because I’ve always learned 5-6 or more songs at a time. I think the first song I attempted on acoustic was “Pigs On The Wing” because it was very short and just had cowboy chords. The first song I attempted on electric was “Cocaine” because it was only two chords mainly, and just the same barre chord shape moved around. I learned to solo by jamming over records, like “Spoonful” live by Cream, and “Young Man Blues” live by The Who. That’s mainly all I can remember.
STLMTLHD79
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My first guitar was a POS JC Penny catalog guitar from the 80s. My first real guitar was a 1974 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold top. I had that guitar for 10 years. It was beat to **** but all original. I swapped out the mini humbuckers for a pair of Duncan Hot P90s. It needed frets really bad. I was just out of college and broke and ended up selling it. big mistake....
My first guitar was a POS JC Penny catalog guitar from the 80s. My first real guitar was a 1974 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold top. I had that guitar for 10 years. It was beat to **** but all original. I swapped out the mini humbuckers for a pair of Duncan Hot P90s. It needed frets really bad. I was just out of college and broke and ended up selling it. big mistake....
Dave Locher
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That Jaguar I learned to play on, I was supposed to trade it for a cassette player but the kid sold it instead...for drug money. (We were 16 or 17.)
That Jaguar I learned to play on, I was supposed to trade it for a cassette player but the kid sold it instead...for drug money. (We were 16 or 17.)
NegativeEase
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Was it me? ha ha I kid . i kid.
technically my first Guitar I owned was a GTX brand bass -which was a knock off brand from the 80s/90s -which I traded for Drug money when I got a little older
First 6 string guitar I learned to play on was a Kramer Focus 1000 just like this, which my brother took to college and ended my love affair with it.
Was it me? ha ha I kid . i kid.
technically my first Guitar I owned was a GTX brand bass -which was a knock off brand from the 80s/90s -which I traded for Drug money when I got a little older
First 6 string guitar I learned to play on was a Kramer Focus 1000 just like this, which my brother took to college and ended my love affair with it.