Thermionik Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Johnt - you know that old, original guitar of yours..... .....it is an awesome piece - you MUST buy another to take to the homecoming. In an oversized, full-size case. To bring stuff back in. From Bozeman, Guitar factory, Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 A horrible Silvertone for Christmas '62. Made my fingers bleed. My parents knew at that point that I was serious about this guitar thing so they agreed that I needed something better. The next summer I got a Gibson classical which I played for the next 19 years along with a custom made 12 string. In '82 I got my current Gibson, the guitar for the rest of my life. It's an F-25 which is configured just like a classical guitar which made it easy for me to play. I still don't have complete fingerprints on my left hand because of that Silvertone. Or maybe it's from 46 years of playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 My dad played classical guitar for a while' date=' he loved Segovia, he played alone in his den, the rich smell of pipe tobacco is forever linked to Spanish guitar for me, in about 1964 I was listening to a lot of Folk and blues, I forget the details of the deal but I had a little money, my dad put in the rest and I got a Gibson LG 1, I think it was just over $100.00, I used to get about a dollar a week allowance, that stopped when I got that guitar, it would be another 40 years before I would play another Gibson.[/quote'] what happened to the LG-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news36 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 what happened to the LG-1? I travelled around a lot in the sixties, used to pawn my Gibson in a new town to get a few bucks 'till I found work, I guess I screwed up ( the exact details are somewhat hazy) and lost it to a pawnbroker, I got a Framus next, never really liked that guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 A '62 Martin 0-16NY. Went downrown to buy a Goya classical and ended up actually making the right choice for once. Had been working in a wholesale meat market that summer and saved up just enough. Now I have a '71 in the house and it definitely takes me back. Ce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insguy Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 The guitar I learned on was a real cheapie...no name on it anywhere, but I saw one like it in the "Green Stamp" catalog...remember green stamps? You got them at the grocery store when you purchased groceries, and you save them up and trade them in for prizes. This particular guitar, however, was not purchased with green stamps. My Dad traded a lawnmower for it, and the mower was not in very good shape. The first guitar I owned was an Lyle electric 12 string...a major POS. I later purchased a Harmony/Regal acoustic 12er, which I later traded in on a Guild D40 that I still own - my first "good" guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Wilson Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 I started playing 3 and a half years ago. I bought a sunburst Rogue resonator. I still got it and it stills sounds excellent. It's an incredible guitar for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 First acosustic - 1930s Martin C-2 f-hole archtop (based on the one photo I still have where I can see the guitar). It was given to me by an old friend of the family on my 8th birthday. Didn't know a guitar from a can of tune back then. In later years I tried to screw an old P-90 pickup to it and stuff like that. First electric - A Sears Single pickup Silvertone Dano with the amp in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonjunkie Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 If you don't count the cheapo Harmony POS I got in 1971 then it's a Gibson J-40 I bought a year later for $269 new. It's still like new and plays like a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetPeeves Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Gibson CJ-165. I wasn't fartin' around, was I? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 No Miss Laura....You weren't playin' roun'! Went straight for it. I always heard it said that a great guitar was more rewarding to learn on! My first one was a pawn shop Kay. Not rewarding...or cool! Especially when the teach had a Gretsch Country Gentleman.... RRod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolongermike@gibson Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 My first was a horrid plywood 3/4 size acoustic in a bright cherry sunburst and red painted back, sides and neck, with no brand on it, and these ugly double pickguards that were screwed into the top. It came from K-Mart. I got it for my 10th birthday and I was so happy to have it. I was the only one of my gang of two other friends who learned to play and I got the crappiest guitar to start out with among us. I gave the guitar to a kid in my 5th grade class when i got a better guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Gibson CJ-165. I wasn't fartin' around' date=' was I? lol[/quote'] you certainly got us all beat! lol btw, i didn't know i had someone nearby on this forum. I'm living in Sumter these days, but i'm headed to Columbia or Charleston soon.... all depends on which place gives me a better job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 <<<<< She's right there. Epiphone FT145SB 'Texan'. I still have her and still love her tone. Got her for Christmas my Sophomore year of High School. Tried to learn to play it, only to get discouraged and put it down. I'd dig it out every few months to try to 'figger' out how to make it work. Eventually I realized the neck block had broken loose, as did many of the early Norlin Epis. Took me a few years to figure out how to repair it. I re-glued it, then put nylons on it for years, but action was still high. Eventually, I figured out how to reinforce this weak neck joint so I could use steels. She's been holding medium steel strings at bay for 2 years now. Action isn't the 'best, but she is playable. GOD I love that tone. She's my 'Girl'. Always will be. I think, when I die, I'll have a friend play one last song on her at my grave, then El Kabong her over my tomb stone. Finally, toss the shards down the hole after my casket is lowered in. We'll be together forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Mine is a Simon-Patruc cutaway acustic, cedar top with cherry sides, back, and neck. with electric pickup. But I play my Mohogany Gibson 5-String Banjo the most. ~SIDEWAYS~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in SLC Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Early '60s Goya classical guitar, probably similar to the Levins. First steel-string was a Gibson Heritage -- square-shouldered guitar. Dave in SLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Great stories everyone. Some started out with guitars I've never heard of!! Have to say that johnt, had the coolest 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Great stories everyone. Some started out with guitars I've never heard of!!Have to say that johnt' date=' had the coolest 1. [/quote'] Agreed........coolest by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaglpuss Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 First guitar was a Sears dreadnought in 1975. It looked very nice but the action was was so bad......... Saved enough money from a part time job to get an Ibanez Martin copy in 1978 for $200. Still have the Ibanez, it's a decent guitar - spruce top, rosewood sides and mahoganey neck. I then got a couple of Carvin electrics but always wanted a Gibson acoustic since I saw saw the one a music teacher had in grade school. In '92 got an EAS Standard and in '97 finally got something that really gets me going- an EC30 Blues King Electro. Still would like to get a Jumbo one of these days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBetts Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I received my first guitar two years ago this month but didn’t begin to play with it for at least six months. It sounded terrible…I made is sound terrible. After a few weeks of trying to follow DVD’s teaching songs I didn’t care to learn but making honest efforts I realized how badly I needed a tuner. Being new to guitar I assumed a tuner was going to cost me about $75 (about 40% of the cost of the guitar) and I figured spending that $75 wasn’t going to make my playing sound any better so I put it away for another six months. I really wanted to learn so I went to buy a tuner; I was amazed to discover it only cost me $15! Now I’m ready. I thought I was doing pretty well, my playing even started sounding tolerable. But then a friend put a Gibson in my hands. It took me a couple weeks to buy a real Gibson but it took over six months to sell that Esteban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 My first STEEL string guitar was an Ovation Balladeer......That guitar was cursed from the beginning.....the bass notes were always "challenged" and always sounded dead. This guitar eventually wound up with a twisted neck, which could not be fixed, and had to go back to the factory for a new neck AND a new top. It came back sounding just as bad as when it left. They actually replaced the top and neck rather than give me a new one....lol.....finally sold it....good riddance.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretgirl Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 My first guitar was a washburn acoustic that I just got rid of when I bought my gibson sheryl crow. I havn't been playing very long just a few years so I don't have this big guitar list like some of you on here. One guitar now but I love it. I don't have a camera so I can't post any pictures of it sorry. Maybe I can get my brother to take one when I see him next week. The first song I ever learned was Grampa by the judds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbg63 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 First of all I know it has been several months since my last post but I have been reading when I have the chance. My first guitar was a $ 50 all wood acoustic I purchased from a retail store. Still have it over 30 years later but still only worth about 50. bucks. First Gibson was the es-335 I have posted in several other threads on this forum. Nice to be back.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Zimmerman Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I bought my first acoustic from my brother: an old, hard to play Yamaha. Next camen an AJ45VS Epiphone. After that a Takamine EF351SC. Finally, a Martin D28 and a Gibson J45, the latter being traded some months later for a Gibson Modern Classic Hummingbird in Vintage Sunburst! Those two won't go away! AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Agreed........coolest by a mile. Sad thing is that that story is 100% true and can be verified bt Thermioniks lady. I passed the one by a few months ago as I was busy buying a L5 Clone for £200. By the look of that auction price I'd been better buying the plastic one. Mt next guitar was the classic crap classical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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