Electric Guitars

[leopardstar]

my first guitar heh? was a no name strat copy w/no amp (don't even know if it worked) but i did use it to learn all my chords on!
my fist guitar that i had that worked was a madera(made by guild)sg copy which i played my first 100 or so gigs with through an huge peavey amp w/6-10' speakers wish i still had that amp:cry:

[hondro]

Gibson C-0 classical

I wanna say its a 60's, it doesnt say "Made in USA" on the back

[bluelegacy]

a single humbucker, silver "Memphis" brand guitar. Total POS that I bought off of someone in high school. Before long I got a new black Peavey Predator (USA) for $180. I used to lug it around in a black gibson gig bag...the triangle shaped ones...

[One-armed Alec]

I wish I still had some of the guitars I had when this thread was started .

[phatster]

A Japanese made Coral..had many rocker switches and a very thin orange tolex covered body.....the pick-ups were very garage sounding...I miss that POS!!!!!

[supercow3]

A made in China no name acoustic

[chris49]

Originally posted by i51423
Check out that action!

:freak: fuckin hell mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


your fingers must be bloody stumps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hiero]

In 1974  mine was an AVON SG copy... I had to wait 4 months before I could afford a little amp to play it through and then it was a Woolworth's 'Audition' (Teisco) amp. I paid £45 new fot the AVON and £30 new for the amp... The AVON went 18 months later for new Fender Stratocaster but I kept the amp - still have it - still works as day 1 !!

Hear the Audition amp here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZGlonmYizE

[gardo]

When I was a teenager I found one like this on the ctearance rack at G.C. Murphy's. It was not very good but it didn't matter as I could not play yet

[GilmourD]

[Patuney]

Ignoring the rental Harmony and the noname cheese grater electric, my first real guitar is still my most expensive, '75 Starfire VI

[seibertdr]

Tiesco Del Ray from Mammoth Mart (our big department store in my town). I took it apart and stripped the burst finish off of it. Then I refinished it with a Minwax wood stain. Probably the dumbest thing to do to the guitar.

[Marko]

Acoustic/electric, Alvarez RD20SC.  First electric, a Squier ’51.

Obviously I haven’t been playing as long as many of you.

[LikeTheSalt]

God, this brings back memories.  Almost 20 years ago, but it was a Fender Squier Bullet with a Peavey Rage amp.  About 6 months after getting my first and cheapest guitar, I got my second and most expensive even to this day... a custom Carvin with all the bells and whistles along with a Carvin half stack. 

[Malcolm Ramone]

I started learning on my mom's MARTIN acoustic, bought used in '64! I remember going to the local music store- "Hi, I want some new strings for this, so my kid can bang around on it." They were all like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" I don't recall what model, it was one of those skinny ones, with the body connecting at the 12th fret. MY first guitar was a Peavey T-30, bought from the resident high school rocker. It was black, with white van halen stripes, and a gumby sticker! I quickly took it apart, refinned it red, had a new pickguard made, and installed one SD humbucker, not bad! -Adam

[skicrazy]

My first post in many many moons (and the 1st under this format!), so why not my 1st guitar?

My dad bought me a crappy acoustic in 1964 for $5.00 (I was 11).  The pickguard was PAINTED on.  There was this band called The Beatles and I needed to learn guitar!  You could play cowboy chords (sort of), but that was it.

My 1st electric was also a gift from from my dad when I was 13.  It was a Kay single pickup solidbody that he bought at a Montgomery Wards sidewalk sale for $19.95!  I was unaware that you could adjust the neck and action, so I played it as it was!  I was able to plug it into our "hifi".

I have no idea what ever happened to either of them.

[PurpleTrails]

1974 Martin D-18 bought new in 1986 for $500 in a moving sale at a local mom 'n pop store.  I had started learning to play a few years before that on a strat that a friend loaned me long-term while he went to medical school.  It's still my most cherished possession.

[lndianScout]

Gibson Melody Maker when I was about 11