I got my first guitar at around the age of 7 or 8. It was an unplayable instrument that resembled an acoustic guitar. Received a Pyramid (335 style) thin hollowbody electric guitar for Christmas 1970! No amplifier, but that was no deterrent for a few years to come. Eventually sold that to get a Mansfield copy of an SG. My first amplifier was a Traynor Guitar Mate Reverb - a 35 watt tube amp that had more quality than I could appreciate at the time. Traded those and upgraded to a Hagstrom Swede and a 60's Marshall head with a new 4x10 slanted cabinet. (to be cont'd)