Your First Gibson Guitar Or Bass

[MrNylon]

Hopefully pretty simple. What was your first Gibson guitar or bass? When you had it also if you can remember. Mine was a blue tone color SG Jr. guitar I bought in late 1968. Great guitar, wish I had hung on to it.

[damian]

First Gibson Guitar; 1979 Black Les Paul Custom........Killer guitar. Bought it brand new.

 

First Gibson Bass; Grabber bass.

 

Good thread, thankyou.

[NeoConMan]

1986 Les Paul Standard in black - er, ebony.

Bought it used from a co-worker in 1993 - SECOND stamped on the back of the headstock.

Had it a few months, just couldn't warm up to it.

Sold it.

 

A few months later I bought a new 1993 - looked identical.

Buddy of mine in Texas bought it in 2000, still has it.

[A.J.]

My first is my only. A 2005 Double Cut Gibson Les Paul Standard. I fell in love with Gibson about two years ago, but I couldn't afford them. So, I waited and waited until I had one catch my eye. I plan on buying a lot more. Love these damn guitars!

[Andre S]

1st: 2008 Gibson Les Paul Studio in Wine Red. Awesome guitar, great playability

[MrNylon]

I forgot to include Gibson Banjos etc. My dad left me his 60 plus year old Gibson banjo with mother of pearl inlays on the fretboard. It was his first Gibson. They kinda' run in the family.

[Tman]

Parents bought me a mid 60's Melody Maker around 1974 because I had stuck with guitar lessons and mastered smoke on the water with a pretty decent barre chord. Man I wish I had that guitar now.

[ChanMan]

2007 Les Paul Standard, purchased from GC in March of 2008 and gifted to me by my wife in celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary.

 

 

 

[Riverside]

I bought an EB-3 (walnut) in 1975.

[surfpup]

1986 Les Paul Custom

 

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Long gone. Shoulda kept it.

[Whitmore Willy]

My first might not count as it was an Epi. But, it was made in the Kalamazoo Plant. It was a "63" Olympic (not the special)

Had the same body as the Wilshire. Bought it brand new. Wish I still had it.

 

First actual Gibson was a "76" L.P. Custom. Burgundy wine...Part of a limited run with nickel hardware instead of gold.

Weighs a ton.

Bought it new...Still got it...Still play it....Still looks and plays great.

 

Willy

[NeoConMan]

Kalamazoo Plant?

It counts.

 

[Tman5293]

My 2008 SG Special. First, and so far only, Gibson.

[chewy60]

'94 lp classic- my first and only....

[Steven Tari]

My first guitar was a Gibson Kalamazoo "65" KG-2a with Kalamazoo amp. My first guitar with Gibson on it was a Robot SG in Cherry.

[BigKahune]

I bought a well worn Cardinal Red 1965 Melody Maker single pup (double cut) in 1974 for $60. That price also included a 1964 Gibson Explorer GT18 amp. I eventually sold off the amp, but I still have the guitar. I did a heavy mod to a three pup setup.

 

Here's a shopped pic salvaged from a couple old pics -

 

 

[ChanMan]

My first guitar was a Gibson Kalamazoo "65" KG-2a with Kalamazoo amp. My first guitar with Gibson on it was a Robot SG in Cherry.

 

 

M-m-m that is Gorgeous!!!!

[Jon S.]

My first was a CL-20 acoustic-back in the 90's sometime.

[Versatile]

Around '79 I bought a S/H Cherry SG Std...didn't get on with it at the time, would probably have preferred a Strat

I have thought of having another SG recently

 

V

 

[Bender 4 Life]

My 1st Gibson was a non "scroll" mandolin that Dad gave me for my 12th b'day ('75) but I gave it back to him when I left home in '80, he played it more than I did anyhow...he later traded it for a fine revolver at a "flea market".

 

My 1st Gibson guitar was a '75 LPC natural finish 3-pc.top w/"gold" hardware......bought it"very gently" used for $600 w/OHSC in '81.

Played it first thru a Peavey "Nashville 400" amp, which I traded in for a "L.A. 400" with twin Black Widow 12" spkrs.

Sold the entire rig late in '83 to pay for divorcing my 1st wife.

[badbluesplayer]

I bought a new cherry Standard SG in 1974 or 1975. Traded it for a Guild Starfire a year or two later.

[ksdaddy]

In 1976 I went to a friend's house and in a corner of a room there was a '56 Harmony archtop and a headless Gibson EB-2 bass in walnut, probably late 60s. No idea where the headstock went. I gave him $10 apiece for them. The harmony got swapped off somewhere. I had notions of putting a guitar neck on the EB2 body but never got around to it. It went in the trash a couple years later. I saved the big ol' chrome pickup and I think I gave it away in the late 80s.

[Guest rogerb]

Mine was a 1966 J-50 with the transparent red pickguard.

[ZenKen]

I've posted it here before. 1967 SG Standard. Beautiful guitar still in my possession. Don't gig it anymore having gone mostly to the dark side (Fender) for live work. B)

[davidl]

My first was a 2008 LP Robot in Midnight Manhattan.

Great guitar notwithstanding some other people's negative opinion.

 

Dave