charlie brown Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hi All, What was your first Electric Guitar, and do you still have it? Mine, was a 1964 Fender Stratocaster, 3 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard. And, Yes, I still have, and cherish it! Had to get that, because Buddy Holly had a "Strat!" 2nd Electic was a Gretsch Country Gent (1965), 'cause "George" had one! I sold it (foolishly)! 3rd Epiphone Casino (1966) 'cause "John" had one. OK, I'll stop there, because there are too many, now, to list. How about you guys/gals? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first electric was a Tiesco Del Ray, second a Vox Phantom - No, I don't still have them, thank God. My first acoustic was a $13 Stella. i actuallyhad that until a year or so ago when a friend needed an acoustic for his 8 yr. old son to learn on which was how old I was in 64 when I started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Eight, huh....bluesstringer? Good for you! I was all of 12, when I got my first guitar (A "Western Auto" Truetone, flat top that was nearly impossible to play, the action was so high), and 14, when I got the Strat (new, in 1964)...as a birthday gift, from my Mother. Haven't been the same, since...lol! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Mo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My electric was a strat clone by Honda. It wasn't good, to say the least. It's the #1 reason why I don't care of the look of a strat guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxst1281733995 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 God, you guys are old.... :- My first guitar was a bass... A "Montaya"... Some short-scale Japanese POS made outta bananawood (actually, I think it was particle board..) with a god-awful sunburst.. This was back when "Made in Japan" really meant something! My first six string was also a Japanese POS... Can't remember what the "brand name" was... It was a bad copy of a Gibson hummingbird.. Also with a god-awful burst. My first electric was a Harmony Jaguar copy.. I actually loved that guitar.. I wish I still had that guitar.. Even though it was butt-ugly with a (you guessed it) god-awful burst.. I don't know when it was made, but it might be worth something today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukinator Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Here's mine. My first roommate bought it for me on my 19th birthday in 1987. It's a Mako strat copy. I always hated the head stock because it wasn't a Fender, so I did the faux Rasta work on it. Probably around 1990 it was also 'upgraded' with Fender Squier pickups and pots. To this day, it's never stayed in tune for more than 30 seconds, but it's my first guit and I've still got it. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first electric guitar was a Penneys Penncrest, early '60s, ugly sunburst. It was a really crumby guitar, but at the time I thought it was hot. I saved up for it from my paper route, I was 12. I don't have a clue what my first amp was. My dad owned an electroncs store and he gave me some kind of an amp to use for a hi-fi, I wished I still had it. He helped me build a speaker cab for it. It's all long gone. I remember going to the music store as a teenager and wishing I could afford a nice Fender or Vox amp and a Strat. Only in my dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 God' date=' you guys are old.... My first electric was a Harmony Jaguar copy.. I actually loved that guitar.. I wish I still had that guitar.. Even though it was butt-ugly with a (you guessed it) god-awful burst.. I don't know when it was made, but it might be worth something today.. [/quote'] Well....I'm as "old as dirt," as they say. Mind and body! LOL! My good friend had that same Harmony Jaguar copy, and prior to my getting the "Strat," he used to let me play on it, sometimes. Compared to my "Truetone" it seemed like it played itself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg3333 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first was a knockoff Fender strat, I have no idea by whom. The amp I plugged it into always shocked the hell out of me, so I made a point to always wear sneakers. Even so it was not a favored guitar. It met a demise in a dumpster many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 First electric guitar was a 1970 Gibson ES-330 - I still have it. First flat-top guitar was an Epiphone - unknown model, the serial number and model number on the tag is faded but it does say Epiphone Company, Kalamazoo MI, Made in Japan - I still have it First bass was an Faux-Fender J bass - I still have it. First sax, Selmer Modele 26 - I don't have it (wish I did, they are worth a fortune now) First flute, Ida Maria Grassi - unknown model - I still have it but it's worthless First keyboard - Yamaha PS6100 - I don't have it. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkin38 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first guitar was a $29.99 kay acoustic arch top. Bought for me by my mom. Unfortunately for me. I was under the influence of The Who. And as I kept getting the next guitar, I destroyed them while "My Generation" was playing in the backround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonk Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hmmm....it was around 1979 or so. Have no idea what make it was. But if you have ever seen a guitar at a yard sale for around $25, its was probably one of those. I'm sure you all have seen what I am talking about. Strat shape, ugly color, cross between a tobacco and ultra ugly sunburst. I kept it "stock" for about a month then made my own body out of 2 pieces of inch thick plywood (soaked in thinned out epoxy). Then carved it into an explorer type shape. Except the I made the horn curved. It sounded better after that. My first REAL guitar was a black Ibanez Les Paul (bolt on neck) with an SD pickup in the bridge. Went into a music store planning to buy a Strat (had $600 cash with me), and the Ibanez was the first guitar I saw. I thought it looked sooooo cool (I was 20-21). Had a really wide neck. But I liked it. I bought that around 1980-1981. Many years later (about a year ago), whats the first guitar I bought? (I had quit playing electric for awhile) a black Epiphone Les Paul Standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 First electric guitar was a 1970 Gibson ES-330 - I still have it. Bob, is that the one in your photo, with your Casino, or a different one? I notice it's the "long neck" version (like a 335), which are really rare, seemingly? Good score! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billybob Dylan Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My very first guitar was an Italian made acoustic. Can't remember the name. I gave it to a friend of mine who wanted to learn. My first electric was a Hofner Verithin, a sort of 335 copy. It was in very poor shape when I got it but it was dirt cheap. I was recommended someone in LA who could restore it to its former glory, but he made a mess of it, and it played worse when I got it back! I ended up throwing it away when I bought a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first "real guitar" was one of these, a 1971 Sg "Pro". mine still had the Gibson "Bigsby". I'd owned a few pawn shop junkers but this was my first playable guitar..wound up trading it for a late 70's Fender strat. Wound up not liking that one so much...traded it for a Les Paul Recording guitar..and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosoybay Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My first electric guitar was a Synsonics Pro Series Strat in 1998. (Does that make you feel old or young?) Before that I played my Dad's unused (for 20 years) acoustic guitar, but simply couldn't stomach the "acoustic" part since my passion was classic 70's rock. I still have it (and have beaten the hell out of it)!! Terrible guitar, but it served as the stepping stone I needed to fall in love with the guitar. I'll never sell it because it opened the door to a love for guitars that I don't think will ever die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadedepi Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Here's my first electric guitar. A 1963 Harmony H-53 "Rocket". Purchased new in 1963, I was 11 years old. No, I don't still have it. Faded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 What was your first Electric Guitar' date=' and do you still have it?[/quote'] I got my first guitar 12/25/64, a red Domino with a small Supro amp. I haven't been able to find one exactly like it, but I did find a Sunburst Custom Kraft which is the same guitar: My second guitar was and Ideal copy of a Rickenbacker 12 string, and last year I actually found one on the 'Bay: I have it strung as a six string, which I often did in the day. The pickups, bridge, knobs & tuners are not original, but I do have the original parts. The originals are long gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 1970s Maya Les Paul copy, Monster 60W tube head and a VOX cab. Sold them for peanuts when I didn't have the time and interest for playing in the end of the '80s. Yes, I'd like to get them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjones200x Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Mine was an Aria acoustic guitar 3 years ago lol. Still got it and wont throw it even after upgrading. First electric was the yamaha pacifica 112 cpj ltd ed. Keep hold of that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 A cheap brandless black Stratocaster clone MIJ. Coolest thing I ever set fire to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_echidna Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 A cheap brandless black Stratocaster clone MIJ. Coolest thing I ever set fire to! Much the same as mine which was a Cimar by Ibanez - wish I still had that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 God' date=' you guys are old.... My first electric was a Harmony Jaguar copy.. I actually loved that guitar.. I wish I still had that guitar.. Even though it was butt-ugly with a (you guessed it) god-awful burst.. I don't know when it was made, but it might be worth something today.. [/quote'] Yes, we (I) am old and not getting any younger either...tempus fugit.. My first electric was a Harmony Meteor..back in the the summer of '65..played it till my fingers bled.."Jimmy" quit, and the lead singer "Joanie" got married... anyway..I loved that guitar..it was Harmony's copy (i think) of the ES-335. Nice burst, addon Bigsby and De-armond style p_ups. Sure wish I had it today... along with the Riviera and Guild Mk II classic that I foolishly sold back then,,, now I'm just an ole man playing my ole man archtops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmidnight Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 First electric was a Tiesco Hiett Deluxe 3/4 size I got back about 25 years ago for 10 bucks...yeap still got it. First acoustic I got when I was about 8 or 9 a Sears...tuned it so all I had to do was pick the strings to play Tom Dooley, at about 14 some friend of a friend showed me how to tune it and 3 or 4 cords and I was playing a real song "rolling on the river" CCR style. Don't have it...little brother trashed it. Next was a Winston acoustic I got for 10 bucks...still have it and still play it every now and then...even tho it has seen better days...not the best guitar, but it has mojo memories. Capt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 First electric was a Harmony with a strat shape. The pickups were some kind of strange affair that you could sing through and get a distorted sound from your voice (lol). It got me through my first band days and I picked up a Hagstrom 3 pickup guitar from the music store where I taught beginner music lessons after school. My first "real" guitar also came from that store...a cherry red Mosrite, just like the one on the early Ventures album. I don't have any of those still in my possession. I had to trade each time to be able to afford the next one. I wish I still had the Mosrite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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