Members notcool Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 Univox Les Paul Custom copy, circa 1977. Mahogany with maple top, bolt-on maple neck, genuine double coil humbucking pickups, and black with gold hardware. A notch above the typical garage band specials of the mid-1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pandi Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 Mine was Japanese RG,too. I still have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 '83 gibson invader. its gone.glad to see some of you folks held onto those players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 '92 Gibson MIII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members handen Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 My first good guitar was... Your Mom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I started on an Austin Les Paul copy but my first real electric was a Gibson L6-S custom that I bought brand new with hardshell Protector case in 9/2/81. I sold that guitar in 1982 for something else. Kind of wish I'd kept the Gibson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I started on an Austin Les Paul copy but my first real electric was a Gibson L6-S custom that I bought brand new with hardshell Protector case in 9/2/81. I sold that guitar in 1982 for something else. Kind of wish I'd kept the Gibson. Atleast you have one of the most beautiful Artists I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 First from Dad around '66FramusFirst "Good" bought by me for me in '84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TerjeW Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 A Telecaster with a Bigsby. Had it a couple of years and then traded it in for a brand new Stratocaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _Dangerbird_ Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I started on a crappy dreadnought from the big music store in my region. Then got an Epiphone Les Paul Special II..First real guitar would be my 1983 Washburn HB35. It is equipped with a pair of 57 Classics and sounds gorgeous. Its plainly awesome and right now I cant imagine, why I would ever replace it. It is untouched by the GAS happening around her ;-)I have never player a real Gibson ES, but honestly, I cannot imagine that it could be really much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 if your guitar playing experience was anything like mine, it went something like this: bug your parents to buy you a guitar. they get you some cheap POS and say "i'll get you a proper one when you can play something". i started playing on a 70s strat copy with a 3 barrel bridge in the summer of '91. after 2 years, i got my '93 MIJ Ibanez RG. its been heavily modified and beat the crap out of during the past 16 years, but sounds and plays great. My story follows the same lines and ends up with a very similar guitar too It does depend on how you define "good". After my first (bought by parents from Woolworth) unplayable monstrosity I bought a half-decent old Yamaha (1967 SG) which served me well for years, but my first really top-notch guitar was and is my Ibanez RG2550. I'd gone into the shop with a view to buying a Gibson Les Paul or possibly a PRS but I came out with the Ibanez. I wouldn't have bought a black one given the choice - but it was clearance stock and cost me around half the MSRP. It was quite simply the nicest guitar in the shop in terms of both sound and playability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregorythomasd Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 started off with a crappy squire (green). I didn't know anything other than Nirvana songs. Over time, I managed t own some horrible guitars putting my money towards studi gear so i've owned a carlo robelli, a few acoustics and a warlck. Now I happily own an Ibanez RG1570 and an American Strat. The 1570 has been heavily toured with and beaten to hell, but the strat is beautiful and in perfect condition. Regardless of cosmetics, both are amazing guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChrisGansz Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 1963 SG Jr, bought for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChrisGansz Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I started out on a Teisco hollow body. My first "good" guitar was a '75 Fender Telecaster Bass. Traded the bass and an Ibanez Les Paul Special double cut for a new Gibson Les Paul Artisan back in '78 and didn't look back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ncsu08ms3 Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 First Electric was also my first GOOD guitar: Fender Highway 1 Strat HSS. Phillip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hrcnsfan Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 My first guitar was (and still is) a good guitar. 1982 Carvin DC200koa. It was a high school graduation gift from my folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TruSlice Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 First good guitar was after I bought it - and sanded the neck and replaced the wiring and pup. An OLP Silhouette clone with single bucker. Decent shredder even if it is basswood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 A desert yellow MIJ Ibanez S series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrankyDutchman Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 Martin 000-18Later a 70s SG both sadly out of my care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members falcon94 Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 '77 les paul deluxe tobacco burst! Bought it when I was 18 brand new for $700 dollars. Sold my dirt bike to get it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 My parents never bought me {censored}, thats why i bought like 10 guitars as soon as i got a good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Absolving Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 'good' as in didn't shoot arrows out of it after I played it was my first electric. A Peavey Mantis LT in white, bought at a pawnshop in highlandtown Baltimore in '94. Still have the guitar but original bridge bit the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members O'Rourke Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 I learned to play on a beat up Magnum with one single coil pickup. I don't know if it counts as a "good guitar" but my Dad bought me an Ibanez RG270 with HSH pups, a 5-way switch and the rip-off Floyd Rose bridge after I'd been playing for about a year. It was my first guitar that wasn't a complete POS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt5litre Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 1966 Rickenbacker 330-12 which I bought in 1977 and sold in 1980. Wish I still had it as they seem to go for north of $3-4000 in good shape. I bought it for $235. Sold it for $275:facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 '88 black gibson les paul custom, stock. Bought for $1000, then sold for $1000. Not one of my smarter moves... got an '06 classic goldtop these days, which I love, but I still miss her... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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