ilovegibsons Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 What was your first guitar? Mine is the one I have now, my trusty ESP. Its a good beginner axe, but (partly due to fret wear and partly due to my playing standard) it has been rendered obsolete, as it is currently worth less than the cost of fixing it would be. I like it, but it's not worth keeping. It's my stepping stone to a Gibson. Anyone have any stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG_Mike Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My first guitar was a Harmony Strat Copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Some really cheap guitar my Mom bought me from BEST. It was pretty bad, but it worked. Sounded OK on my Montgomery Wards tube amp too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My first was a Dixion? My second................... Was my 1961 Melody Maker double cut with 2 single coils. I got it in 1969 in Clearwater Beach Fla. Played it live at the Surfside at age 12, in 1970. Moved to Arizona and gigged it throughout the 70's, gigging bars at age 17, and drinking beer. Zero law in Apache Jct. back then. Stipped the red worn out paint off around 1980 and was working in a body shop, had the 1 PIECE MAHOGANY body clear coated with automotive poly. Very deep. Beautiful piece of wood. Gave it to my oldest son around 1992 in Louisiana when he was 16. It went to South Carolina, back to Louisiana, back to Arizona, then Dec '07 he brought it back to me here in Illinois. He decided it belongs here. He wants (and will get) my '79 SG that was used on the DOUBLE AUGHT cd (cdbaby.com) back in '99 in trade. But he's on the road a lot so I actually have both at this time. It's got a Leo Quan from God know when, '70s, and the fretboard is pretty much scalloped. I't been a very well loved guitar, and in my family for 39/40 years. Murph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestack59 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Watkins Rapier 33. Bet no one remembers them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner1994 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 epiphone g-400 reisue. its a great guitar for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I bought my first guitar, a Framus acoustic, in the PX in Germany in 1969 for about $50.00. I bought a case for it 30 years later. The case cost more than the guitar. That cheap ol' PX guitar is priceless now, though, at least in this family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 A Yamaha acoustic. I really wanted an electric but I was fortunate enough that my parents (both musicians themselves) bought me that Yamaha. I bought a cheap microphone from Radio Shack which I would drop in the sound hole of the guitar, plug it into the tape deck of my Fisher stereo then crank the recording levels all the way up with a tape set to record but on pause so the tape deck would distort which somewhat sounded like an electric guitar through the stereo. I destroyed the cones on the speakers that way. After I showed that I was serious about guitar, they then sprung for a D'Aggostino solidbody electric and and Fender Deluxe II amp a few years later. After that, I was on my own. While searching Google just now for some info, I found this post on Usenet that made about it a couple of years ago: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.guitar/browse_thread/thread/90c444b312f486cd Unfortunately, I still haven't done anything about fixing it up. "One of these days..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My first was a '60 something melody maker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbs Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My dad bought me a Kay SG copy when I was 10 . Played it for 10 years ! Sounded real tinny but looked real cool ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 '81 Gibson Sonex-180 Custom (still have it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb76 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Some little Gremlin brand smallbody Strat style that I ended up customizing the hell out of was my first, then I worked at the local fish-camp bussing tables and in a few months saved up enough to get my first SG, which was a Ferrari Red Epi G-310. That's when I sold my soul to Rock-n-Roll. H-Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvansickle Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Sears, baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 An old acoustic that had been in my house since I was a little kid. Thenmy first electric was a korean epi special II (first run, way back). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Daddy Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Mine was a late-1970's Ibanez Les Paul Black Beauty copy...it might have been a 2450. I sold it to buy a birthday present for my wife. <g> Cat Daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Mine was a used 1965 Kalamazoo KG-2 first edition that I still have with a 1965 Kalamazoo first model amp. I wish I still had the amp there collectors pieces now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_HEWC Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My first was a "cheapo" pawn shop acoustic, that led to a Fender (made in Japan) Strat with a kahler trem (floyd rose type of trem) that I never understood and then I got my first les paul, a wine red studio with gold hardware. I was so happy, but I didn't stop there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My first guitar is the Applaus on the left. I got it when I was 12, 31 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarbob123 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 epiphone g-400 which is still my only guitar. good for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Tari Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 YO! Nice collection Homz. I'm just tickeled to see such fine insturments still in the hands of people who still play them in this forum . I like your Blue Phyco guitar. Was that bought Stock that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovegibsons Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 YO! Nice collection Homz. I'm just tickeled to see such fine insturments still in the hands of people who still play them in this forum . I like your Blue Phyco guitar. Was that bought Stock that way? Yeah it's nice. Whats with the single p/up cover though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 YO! Nice collection Homz. I'm just tickeled to see such fine insturments still in the hands of people who still play them in this forum . I like your Blue Phyco guitar. Was that bought Stock that way? That's a Ernie Ball cheap knock off of a Music Man design. I gave that guitar to my son when I got my LP Standard it then had fake quilted maple top. My son was asked by our bass player if he wanted it painted. Our bassist is an artist. My son picked the design. It is a Kraken (mythical sea moster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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