Members GAS Man Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I had the tone in my head, not the image in my eyes. My first electric guitar was a Les Paul. The tone I was chasing was classic Strat. 150 guitars later, I'm starting to learn what I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 all of 'em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Furtive Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I remember seeing a Gibson ES-140 hanging in a repair shop the first year I played (`88), and that really stuck with me. Finally got a 1958 ES-140T two years ago. Headstock repair, all electronics and hardware have been replaced with new repros, but it has the sweetest, delicate acoustic sound I've ever heard from a hollowbody. Very, very pleasing acoustic tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I remember seeing this ad as a kid and thinking that I would love to own a black Strat with a maple neck:I also remember seeing an old poster of Eric Clapton's old "Blackie" and wanting something like that:A couple of years ago, I finally scored a Road Worn 50's Strat. If I ever trade it in, it'll go towards another black Strat. I know it's clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flummox Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 Cherry sunburst LP. I was 43 before I finally got one. Second in line is an R6 but that's going to have to wait awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 GIbson SG. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 For some reason I wanted a black Washburn P2. I saw them in the MF catalog and thought they were cool. I went to Mars Music and they didn't have one, so I bought a Tele instead and I've never looked back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 Around 1978 I had been playing a couple of years and had saved some $ for an electric. I wanted a Travis Bean, but I only had $500+ dollars, and Beans were more. Keep inmind, I lived in the sticks an hour away from the nearest guitar shop.I was in high school but had located a shop that carried Beans, and had called thema few times to see about buying a TB-500. An employee told me he would let me have a demo one for $650 cash.I talked my Dad into agreeing to stop by the shop on our next trip to the big city.He even agreed to chip in the hundred or so extra dollars that I needed to be ableto have enough money.Well, we got to the shop and it all fell apart. The guy I had been bugging on the phone was not there, and the store owner said he knew nothing about it. IIRC, hewanted about $850 for the cheapest Bean. He said they dont discount them, blah,blah, blah. Even a hundred bucks was a huge amount in 1978, so there was no waymy Dad would go up even a few dollars. The whole thing blew up on me as Dad ended up getting mad when the shop ownerreally didnt act like he wanted me to try out any other guitars. So in the end hewouldnt let me buy a guitar from that shop at all.It was two more years before I got an electric (an Aria).Here is a pic similar to the Bean I thought I was getting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 Before I ever started playing guitar I remember being so drawn to pics of famous players so i could check out their guitars. I really lusted after two guitars in particular: Jimmy Page's Les Paul and Keith Richards' Micawber Tele. 35 years later, the Tele and Les Paul are still my favorite solidbody electrics. But I had a special interest in Teles and (again, before I even started playing) used to cut pictures of Teles and people playing Teles out of magazines and catalogs and glue them into this Tele scrapbook I made. Weird. Hadn't thought of that in decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 A cherry SG and a white Flying V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 A tele. 7 years later, I still want one, and haven't gotten one. Maybe when old harmonies catch on, and sell for what their worth, I'll finally get a tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I remember seeing this ad as a kid and thinking that I would love to own a black Strat with a maple neck... I also remember seeing an old poster of Eric Clapton's old "Blackie" and wanting something like that... A couple of years ago, I finally scored a Road Worn 50's Strat. If I ever trade it in, it'll go towards another black Strat. I know it's clich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I thought Les Pauls were the epitome of coolness when I first started out. Fenders looked cheap and flimsy in comparison with their bolt-on necks and lack of appointments which I thought rendered them inferior in some way. I couldn't have been more wrong (Fenders are tanks, Gibsons not so much). Not to say I don't love my Gibson Studio Lite cause I do, but I find my Strats and Tele more versatile and they get used a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 Gibson SG Then I got one and I will never own one again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nixhex113 Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 Epi explorer or a prs custom 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I didn't know it was called a Strat, but that's what I wanted. Got a cheap Hondo copy in CAR. 24 years later, I don't really care for Strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 67standard Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 A Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty 3. Could never afford one so I've had to settle for thr Epiphone version with Gibson Pups. Love the SG with Maestro too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 After seeing the Beatles "Let It Be" movie in 1971, I really wanted one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluffalo Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 any rg ibanez, cos in the local music shop catalogue the ibanez' had the coolest headstocks. Because of my lack of knowledge and the vagueness of the catalogue, I thought the guitar i picked had a better "tremelo" than the other similar priced model. turns out i thought the vol and tone knobs aren't called tremelos. yes i picked the guitar i got thinking the knobs on it were cooler. after that i wanted and got an explorer (one without a pickguard) cos that looked cool. (stupid neck heavy thing!! still looks cool but) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 My first guitar was a Sears Silvertone, basically a Danelectro, with an amp in the case! My first 'Want' guitar was a candy apple red Strat that my local music store had in stock. I still have images of it in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 24, 2012 Moderators Share Posted January 24, 2012 Aria Pro II SB-R150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members A_Gitarman Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 I distinctly remember drooling over the Dean's & Cort's in the old Sears catalogs. However, this was my first album:& I thought that KK Downing's V was just badass:So, I ended up with this Hondo as the first guitar that I bought with my own $$$: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inspector 71 Posted January 24, 2012 Members Share Posted January 24, 2012 When I first started to play, I looked at guitars as a tool. I never really thought about what guitar I wanted. I played my Dad's SG copy and an Atlas acoustic. When my dad finally told me to get a guitar is when I started to ask around. It was about late '98 when I got my first guitar. When I went into the House of Guitars, I was willing to try anything that was about $450. My friend told me to get ibanez. The salesman named Jeff brought ibanez's out one after the other and actually listened to my playing and made a suggestion. He brought out this:I guess from reading the mags I liked the look of these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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