Bender 4 Life Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 late in '81 I bought a '75 LPC natural finish, 3 pc. top w/OHSC for $600.......played it 2 yrs. and sold it for the same amount to pay my divorce lawyer....the only pics of it were left w/my 1st wife when I walked out on her (she was borderline insane). the 1st Gibson I still have is my baby.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This little MM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 2000 Gibson Les Paul Classic. Bought it new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 ~2000 or so, Les Paul Studio Gothic: sold it in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dROK83 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Got this for Christmas 99' and still got it. Definitely one I will keep forever. 1989 Gibson ES-347 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My 2004 Studio Plus which is in my avatar and I still own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first Gibson was the 1975 Ripper you see in this shot. I bought it in a pawn shop in Miami for $125 in 1987. If it has been a Jackson it would have been $600 back then. My Second was the the 1990 tobacco burst Flying V I'm playing in the shot. I bought it in 1990 from Ed's Guitar in Miami. I gave him $200 and 6 import crap guitars and basses for it. Sold both of those for a down payment on a house..... Still regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Charlie Brown, that is one monster of a first Gibson! Mine was a 2005 SG Special. Long gone, no regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Got this for Christmas 99' and still got it. Definitely one I will keep forever. 1989 Gibson ES-347 ] Nice! Does that have the little flip out cranks on the tuners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 1968 Les Paul Custom (in photo), and a '68 SG Standard (not pictured), bought at the same time. (Photo taken at age 19, in the summer of 1969) Note the "bedroom amp!" ;>) CB What kinda tunes did you play on them at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first Gibby, and woot woot, Im borrowing my friends sg for the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Mid 80's SG Standard - Black. Came with speed knobs. If I remember right it had a thin, fast neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 What kinda tunes did you play on them at the time? Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Cream, Stones, Beatles, Byrds, Blues, Buffalo Springflied, etc. Same stuff, I play now, ironically...among others, though not always the same songs, as back then. But, some of them. That LP Custom, and the SG were "amazing" through that Marshall Major! ;>) I was very fortunate, at a young age, to have great Gear. Better than I deserved, for sure! Too bad I'll never be more than "adequate" (at best) now, as a player. ;>( A 30 year hiatus, does (unfortunately) have "consequences." ;>b CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 i consider my self lucky and blessed. i have had 3 first gibsons my first gibson was my first archtop. a 1961 l7 that had pickups added. my first solid body electric gibson was a 1996 les paul special. my first FAT GIBSON TONE. then, my 1st flametop, 1st lp, of corse was a milestone as well. while i am lucky and blessed to still have them, the memories of when i got them and what i did with them of corse will always be with me. thank you for reminding us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 1978 Gibby LP Custom, black, bought new............. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Some great stories here! Mine was in about 1981. Bought a s/h LP Custom, Cherry 'burst. Don't know how old it was then but I'd guess it was from about '75. Had it about a week before it dawned on me that it was one of Norlin's duds. I was so disappointed. Over the previous six months or so I had been playing a friends near-identical instrument and it was an absolute cracker. I hadn't appreciated that seemingly very similar LP's could, in reality, be so very different. Took it back to the shop (I was well known to them) and swapped it for something which turned out to be even worse....... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 My 2004 Studio Plus which is in my avatar and I still own. i realy do like the look of that guitar, i think it would look nice hanging next to my GM sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first (and best/favorite) Gibson is my 1994 SG Standard. I still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 An 08 Gibson Explorer faded brown that a friend of mine bought and a day later had second thoughts so he offered it to me for what he paid. I was with him when he bought it and told him if he didnt buy it I was going to. I ended up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first Gibby was a Goldtop Les Paul Deluxe. Don't know the year, but I got it in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 '72 EB-3. Sounded like a$$. Was never so glad to get rid of a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first Gibby is a 2007 Melody Maker reissue. Even though I have since moved to a Les Paul, I still keep the MM around because it is so light and fun and easy to grab up and practice a few licks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My first Gibson was a '77 ES-335 that I bought used in '79. It had a gap in the solid block under the space between the pickups. To this day, I don't know when that design feature began or ended. I ended up trading that guitar for a '64 Twin Reverb around 1981. I don't really miss that guitar, but I've had many since that I miss like hell. After I dumped the 335, I went on a rampage (which continued well into the 80's), buying or trading for dozens of vintage Gibson hollowbodies cheap from classified ads (those were the days). In '81, I got my second Gibson, a '64 Barney Kessel regular, which I ended up trading toward a '53 ES-5 a few years later. I haven't had a Kessel since, and have been jones-ing for another one lately. Although I've always been mostly a full-depth hollowbody archtop guy, my current favorite guitar is a '62 Epi Sheraton. I almost never venture outside the "Vintage Gibsons" forum... glad I found this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingers galore Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 1988 Custom bought in 2003. Sold 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 WOW Fingers Great looking pair you have there. My first Gibson was a 04 Studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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