Svet Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 The first guitar I ever played on was a Cort strat copy of some sort that I borrowed from a friend. I also had another friend let me borrow his BC Rich doodad and after about a year or so my father saw that I was serious and I intended on playing the guitar forever. He decided it was time for me to have my own and for my birthday I received the guitar of my dreams. All of my guitar idols played one. SRV, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Hendrix ,Robert Cray et.al. That's right it was November of 1990 and I was 15 years old and I had my first guitar that was all mine! A Fender Stratocaster Plus! My own Blackie! I still own and cherish that guitar till this day. My first Epiphone was a Sheraton II that I bought in the late 90's because I was too poor to buy my dream guitar at the time. An ES335. That Sheraton has been sold for some years now. See pic below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I bought my first guitar in 1971 or so from a buddy for $10. I always thought it was a Teisco but now I'm pretty sure it was some kind of Guyatone model. Nondescript sort-of-Strat look with two single coils and a huge six-on-a-side headstock. Chrome steel pickguard. Not sure but I think the neck was not original... it didn't really match the body. The guitar looked a lot like the bottom one in this pic (with more rounded cutaways) but the neck had the same fret markers as the one on the top' date=' but with a black headstock. My first Epi was a '94 Samick LP Classic Birdseye in amber. [img']http://www.marantatech.com/Graphix/Les Paul.jpg[/img] Doesn't look like it was probably a Tiesco to me Spud. My first was a tiesco and I've bought several to repair and re-sell through the years and while they made a ton of different looking models, it does't look quite like any I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEPI Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Is that like a Gibibi? Or a Fendendi? Hilarious..........J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PP_CS336 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My first guitar was some Sears Silvertone acoustic guitar ($25.00) my mother bought for me in 1967 to take lessons on. It was tough to play but I stuck it out until I got an electric guitar. Once I plugged that in, the lessons stopped. My mother was not about to fuel my rock 'n' roll ambitions. The rest is history. My first Epiphone is my beloved Sheraton II which I bought in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgIdoc Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 my VERY 1st guitar was a cheapo 3/4 acoustic b/c my parents werent sure i was serious. dont remember the brand but it was sunburst and couldnt hold tune at all. my first REAL guitar was a gift from a friend of the family: a 1977 Alvarez acoustic that i just sold on ebay a few months ago for quite a lot of $$. i never really much liked that guitar but i sure played the hell out of it. along the way i've owned a bunch of other stuff: a peavy patriot 3/4 electric, an ibanez electric, a peavy patriot bass ( that i still play)...others my 1st epiphone is my most recent buy: the 1966 G-400 heritage cherry, which i freakin' love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PP_CS336 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My first guitar was some Sears Silvertone acoustic guitar ($25.00) my mother bought for me in 1967 to take lessons on. It was tough to play but I stuck it out until I got an electric guitar. Once I plugged that in, the lessons stopped. My mother was not about to fuel my rock 'n' roll ambitions. The rest is history. My first Epiphone is my beloved Sheraton II which I bought in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjones200x Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yamaha pacifica 112 ltd edition in profile pic and my epi is a LP 07 in honeyburst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiac Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 My first electric guitar worth playing was an Ampeg Stud II, SG boltneck copy, played through a 200 watt Peavey Bass Stack I bought off this guy lived next door to us when I was a kid for like 200 bucks, or something like that. That was right about the time I got my MXR Distortion +...still got it too, the MXR that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Doesn't look like it was probably a Tiesco to me Spud. My first was a tiesco and I've bought several to repair and re-sell through the years and while they made a ton of different looking models' date=' it does't look quite like any I've seen.[/quote'] That's what I said. Guyatone. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarfreak7 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 my first guitar and epiphone was an sg special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corcoran Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 First guitar was an Ibanez GA30X, and first epiphone was LP100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burstbucker1281734065 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I bought an Epiphone Casino, turquoise, with a bigsby tremolo, P90's; it was great. Everytime I think about when I sold it I get sick. Anyway I bought a limited edition epi LP (Korea) with the money so I came out OK. I could just kick myself for letting it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobo5432 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 My first wasn't really my first... Someone gave me an Aria Pro II LP, but I sold it before I could even plug it in. My REAL first guitar was my Epi PR-775CES - which obviously was my first Epi too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laztradamus Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I've only been playing since the beginning of this year, my first guitar was an Epi LP Special 2 from a starter pack I've since upgraded to an 89 Epi LP Standard. I also got a cheap Squier Affinity Strat to screw around on, but that's just a beater. The LP Std is my #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbirchett Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 My first guitar was a Harmony H-76 that I got from a pawn shop back in 1965 for $100. Nice guitar. Traded it and a little cash for a '63 or '64 Strat, also in '65. Wouldn't mind having either one back. My first Epiphone was a Del Rey that I am getting ready to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frpax Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I grew up playing my dad's Hopf Telstar, but that wasn't "my" guitar. My first guitar was some Asian Strat-ish guitar that was given to me either for Chrstmas or for a birthday around 1974-5. It was an awful guitar. I do not know/can't remember whatever became of it. The first guitar I bought was an early Kramer Baretta. Not long after owning it, I decided that I hated Floyd Rose trems. I traded that in for an early Fender Jeff Back Strat. After owning that for about 6 or 8 months, I traded that in on a Fender Clapton Strat (Blackie). I had that for quite a while. This was all about 30 guitars ago... My first Epiphone is the Sheraton I have. Man, do i LOVE that guitar! If times ever got REAL bad and I had to sell all my guitars except ONE, I'd be very torn between my Sherry and a very nice Strat I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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