When did you start playing guitar and when did you think you were worthy of a gibby.

[Custom....]

When did you start learning guitar? when did you think you started to play for REAL. when did you think you were ready for a gibby?

[Custom....]

I strated playing when i was 5. with a crapy accoustic. then i beged for my first electic. that is when i started to play for real. 10 years later i was getting really good and my guitar was getting to bad for me so....i got a les paul and i was playing ever day on my new paul. but i didnt deserve it just yet. after taking care of it for a while and getting better i thought i was worthy considering i surpasted my guitar teacher. thats my story looking forward to hearing yours.

[retrosurfer1959]

I started at 12 and my first Gibby was at 16

[FennRx]

june of 1995, i was 14. started taking lessons on my friend's crappy acoustic (more toy than guitar). my parents bought me a samick strat copy in july. in october, i got my 1995 gibson les paul studio and have never looked back.

[L5Larry]

I started out on a tenor uke at about 8 or 9 years old (1968). I found the family "classical" guitar a year later. I got my first electric a couple of years later because my Aunt Thelma had died.

 

By that time an "older" friend had turned me on to the Who and the Allman Bros, from there it was no turning back. I got my first Gibson in 1975, a '64 Firebird III, then a Les Paul, then a 335, then a L-5, and a 345, and a L-7, and a TB-1.

 

It's not a matter of when you were "worthy", it's a matter of when you were willing.

[:oilpit:]

For gods sake newbie learn to use the edit button

[Thermionik]

Start learning..... never did formally, just played with flamenco guys who showed me chops from 1962.

Started to play for real..... shortly after seeing Hendrix at the Contry Club, Belsize Park in January 1967.

Thought I was ready for a Gibson..... when Gary let me play the LP Greeny gave him in '72 a few times.

Thought I was really ready for a Gibson..... when I traded one off Davey Graham back in the mid seventies (I think it was a J-185 with the little maltese crosses on the bridge).

 

Sold it towards a divorce settlement in the early eighties, been gassing ever since, but divorces cost shedloads and I've had two, so a lottery win is needed now.

[KennyF]

Ya know... I remember a time when a musical instrument company was trying to be worthy of "the player".

[e/2 Explorer]

Ya know... I remember a time when a musical instrument company was trying to be worthy of "the player".

 

Agreed! I have been playing for over 35 years, my first guitar was a Les Paul Custom Deluxe (my grandmother felt I should start with a quality instrument and I worked all summer to help earn the money) and the last guitar I will be clutching in my cold dead hands will be one of my e/2's

[KennyF]

 

Agreed! I have been playing for over 35 years' date=' my first guitar was a Les Paul Custom Deluxe (my grandmother felt I should start with a quality instrument and I worked all summer to help earn the money) and the last guitar I will be clutching in my cold dead hands will be one of my e/2's[/quote']

 

Rock-on brother!

[Thundergod]

Thought I was ready for a Gibson..... when Gary let me play the LP Greeny gave him in '72 a few times.

 

 

...man... who is Gary? ...you are scaring me

[albertjohn]

Started in 1977. Bought the Yamaha SG30 from a school friend. Played regularly until 1984 - graduation. Job, marraige, mortgage etc so stopped.

 

Took it up again in 2001 and lusted after many Gibsons. In Jan 08 received a tax refund which allowed me to buy 2. I've learned more about guitars since joining this forum, than I ever knew before.

 

I'm no expert. I'm competent in some eyes. I suppose the only qualification you really need is appreciation of quality - and the cash - especially in UK.

[albertjohn]

 

 

...man... who is Gary? ...you are scaring me

 

Is it Gary Glitter?

[maestrovert]

i started playing before i can even remember....

my folks have a pic of me at 1 1/2, i'm wearin' a diaper an' holding my Arthur Godfrey ukelele....

Les Paul was my favorite on the radio, Merle Travis and Chet Atkins were up there too....

 

in '55 my Uncle came home from college for the summer with a Tele and an amp, and he even let me play it ! i was 7 and he had me hooked....

and when i was 15 i worked all of the summer of '63 and saved up to buy my own Tele and a Princeton, both of which i still have, btw....

my 1st Gibson was a brand spankin' new Les Paul Custom in early April '75 when i was in the USAF....i paid $812.99 tax and all for it....

[Thermionik]

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Thunder - you have a PM - and albertjohn - for suggesting Glitter - you haven't.

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[johnny_uk]

It's Gary Moore of course !!

 

Johnny

 

ps can I have a pm for getting it right?

[SRV-Zeppelin]

I started playing about two and a half years ago. To be honest, I still don't think I'm worthy of a Gibson... but I wouldn't trade my Les Paul for the world. However, having played piano all my life and drums in a band for 4 years, I'm quite musical and do not in any sense consider myself a "beginner" guitar player. I have friends who have played guitar their entire life who admit I'm better than they are- both at playing and writing. Keep in mind I don't like being cocky or prideful (I hate people like that), I'm simply trying to point out that just because I've only played for 2+ years doesn't mean I can't hold my own.

[SRV-Zeppelin]

Another thought...

 

Are there others out there who hate beginner guitarists who have rich parents buy them expensive guitars? I've got nothing against a beginner buying a Gibson if they save up for it themself, but I can't help being annoyed by spoiled brats who can't play worth sh!t and get all the nice guitars.

 

No offense to any 10 year-olds out there...

[TheLiveSoundGuy]

I call this a Paradox.

You say you can't own a Gibson, until you're worthy, of owning a Gibson,

And yet...

You can't really be worthy of a owning Gibson, until you own one, and know what to be worthy of.

[AXE®]

Cory aka Custom ... Is that you ?????

[Ian Martin]

When deciding I wanted to learn guitar, I knew there were the two 'real' manufacturers...Fender and Gibson. I wanted to start on a good guitar, one that I could keep for a while, so I busted my *** as a 15 year old to buy a Fender Strat. Even while learning to play, I had my eyes on the prize: Gibson LP Goldtop.

 

Busted my *** again for two years working on my chops and saving until I bought my SG Standard. I still wasn't where I wanted to be as a player, so I never considered myself worthy of such an amazing instrument.

 

Four years later I'm still miles behind my idols who burned the glory of the Gibson Les Paul into my mind, but I am finally comfortable in my playing abilities and can hold my own with just about anybody. When I started playing, this is pretty much where I wanted to be (although without the deadbeat drummer issues that go along with a band). So, yeah, I think I've earned my stripes and am worthy.

 

But I still have a long way to go...

[TheJman]

Let's see...

I first started playing when I was 16. I got a guitar after my cousin passed away who was a very accomplished guitarist. I didn't really take it seriously till i was around 19 or 20 and was a sophomore in college. I haven't looked back. I got my first solo accoustic gig when I turned 21. I got my Gibson Songwriter when I graduated college and I bought my Les Paul a couple months after that. I don't believe that you have to be at a certain skill level to play a Gibson, I just think you have to have the right attitude to go with the instrument. I wouldn't call myself a guitar master, but I can certainly hold my own. I always known that I wanted a Gibson, and I know that I'm a very lucky person to have to the two great guitars that I have.

[Custom....]

its not that people are not worthy. its like that guy somewhere on here said " i hate spoiled kids that get all the good guitars". You may be worthy when you start but if you buy it yourself as far as im concerned youve earned it your worthy. ithx for all the storys guys, keep em comin.

[Murph]

I think the notion of being "worthy" of a Gibson is insane.

 

I started playing at age 11. At age 12 I had a Melody Maker and I played live in a bar. A few times. I was fronting bands when I was too young to drink. I've gigged since the 70's. I gigged last Sat., and am booked through Jan. '09.

 

My daughter was taking vocal, fiddle, and piano lessons at age 5. She played her 3/4 Squier Strat in a bar with me a few months ago at age 8. The 3/4 has weird tension and is Asian junk, and she's turning 9 in a few weeks.

 

I just ordered her a new Fireburst Studio Lester Monday for her birthday. She'll have a quality guitar to last for decades. Quality inspires you to play better. If you can't afford it, it's one thing, but by God if you can, I think you should always play a good instrument.

 

This idea someone has to EARN the right to buy a guitar is stupid.

 

Murph.

[Custom....]

well murph i didnt mean it that way i was just saying a gibson is an accomplishment. you know your pretty good when you have a gibson. you dont have to be good though as long as you appreciate the guitar you have. you dont have to earn the right to have a gibson its more of a self thing. like when did you think "hey im pretty good i think i need a better guitar hey i want a gibson i think im ready". i dont want people to get angry and take it the wrong way. it is a guitar fourm not an argue fest. so chill and keep the storys coming. thx.