Members RJpilot Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 1985 Kramer pacer I bought used with a pv practice amp for 300. All my gear was later stolen:cry:...So now ...Fender Heartfield Talon 4 bought new in 1992 to replace my stolen Kramer pacer.I still miss my original pacer:cry:My new one helps the pain but my original was a hockey-stick headstock with a transparent forest green finish. I miss it so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 I started on a cheapo "MI?" strat copy made under the brand name "Lazer". In hindsight, it had a decent neck on it, before I learned to scallop fretboards anyway... :laugh: Got that in 1987-88. In 1991ish, I got a black Charvel Model 2 with a single locking Kahler bridge. It was a substantial step up in awesomeness.. Paid $400 for it, sold it for $200 a few years later. Which I still had both of em =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Firebrand Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 Mine was a Peavey Tracer. It was black with a 6-screw trem and a single humbucker. That was followed 6 months later by a trade-up for a Peavey Tracer Custom with a Kahler Spyder trem. That guitar went through 4 paint jobs, 3 sets of pickups and 2 original Floyd Rose trems before it was off'd. About 3 years after getting the Tracer I bought a Yamaha RGZ with a weird trem and pickups that could be used either active or passive. By the end of that year I sold it and owned 2 Ibanez RG550s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chill Mike D Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 My first guitar was a Yamaha acoustic that I still have and love.My first electric was a black Gibson Invader that I should not have sold. I got it in junior high and sold it in high school.The problem was that I didn't own an amp and had to use my brothers'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members photon9 Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 My first good bass - Washburn Grover Jackson, got it in a pawn shop in Jan. '99. And my first good electric - 1982 Gibson LP XR-1, my Dad gave it to me in '03 or '04 because he got super into acoustics and wasn't playing it anymore. That's all I played until I finally got a good job out of college last year and started experimenting with different guitars. It's not my favorite anymore but I still play it at least once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vintage55 Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 Some sort of LP clone back in '73...should have never sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JetJaguar Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 My first guitar was a POS acoustic that someone gave to me. From what I understand, it was sold through late-night infomercials that promised you could learn to play guitar by putting little coloured stickers on the fretboard. My first good guitar is an Epi LP. I went into the shop expecting to go home with an HSS strat of some sort, but the LP was the one that spoke to me. It just felt right. I know it's not a top-shelf brand, but it plays great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 77 Tele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chill Mike D Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hey now. I put strips of tape on my lap steel with notes written on them to let me know which fret is which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Rossness Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 First "good" guitar was a PRS CE22. No pics of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PanaDP Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 SG standard, bought about 10 days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dangordan Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 SG Standard bought about 25 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EJD Posted December 21, 2009 Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 Not yet The first guitar I picked up with the intention of learning to play was a kid size Spanish guitar that my sister had. Cheese cutter, looked like it went through a {censored}ty neck repair. The first guitar I actually truly owned myself was a 1935-1940 Harmony Vogue model B that I found at my local dump. Beautiful piece of work - black with a small tobacco burst, 14-fret 000 shape, absolutely stunning. However, it has bridge belly and a bent neck joint, resulting in... yes... cheese cutter. Still great though, and I learned on it. I'm taking it to Hugh Manson's store in February to see what needs doing, and maybe get a price quote on repair. First electric... a {censored}ty Silvertone Citation starter pack thing. Again, I loved it, but it wasn't the best. After a while the tremolo arm got serious play, and eventually I sold it as parts after a few botched mods. Now, I have a {censored}ty eBay partscaster with no finish. Just a quick job, as I was so desperate for an electric again. But, it's all about to change. As a christmas present from the parents, I'm getting a fully loaded Strat body that was won off eBay - single-ply '57 spec pickguard, very light Sonic Blue, totally fifties. I'm planning to top it all off with a one-piece maple neck from AxesRUs, with vintage hardware and some other bits and bobs. So that should be my first truly decent guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brigham Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 My first guitar was a cheap little acoustic, but my first electric was this Quest neck-thru solidbodyKind of an odd guitar, it was made by some little company somewhere in Quebec in the '80s. My brother picked it up really cheap when he was in high school, and it had to go through some major repairs, but eventually it got passed down to me when my brother gave up guitar. Maybe wasn't my first good guitar though, since it still has a pretty crappy bridge and pretty terrible sounding pickups, and is still needing old parts replaced... but a lot more interesting than most kids' first guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 This was my first nice guitar... ...this was about '73 or '74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Daniel-Bianco Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 1983 - Tokai Lawsuit Strat. Still have it. i have the 82' Bought it over a MIA strat Great guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnnyR Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 Brand new Fender Mustang in 71...soon replaced with a 67 SG Custom.J.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jthomas Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 My first 'decent' guitar was an Ibanez Roadstar II when they first came out with the pointy headstock. Black with a black pickguard, two humbuckers. I loved that guitar, and cannot remember now what happened to it. One of my favorite guitars later was a Roadstar II with the rounded headstock. Can't remember what happened to that one either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trotskyismyniec Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 first guitar: started playing in '02 with a cheapo acoustic that didn't have a truss rod and the action was so high that it was impossible to do barre chords, so I learned the first position chords until I got a peavey strat copy.first good guitar: 94 anniversary MIA strat in '03. put a JB Jr in the bridge and repainted it black. It sounds just OK, but I still haven't found a neck that fits my hands a good. I need to make money and get a #2 or new #1 as I've nearly worn the frets down to nothing on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted December 28, 2009 Members Share Posted December 28, 2009 85 Carvin V220. It's what got me hooked on the Carvins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crowguitar Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 hate to say it, but.... BC Rich Ironbird, original version with the big ass block trem, one Humbucker.. god awful, but compared to what I started out on. Was hoping my uncle was giving me his SG that year. total letdown. I was 10, this thing was bigger then me at the time..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 ESP 400 series strat. It was a great guitar until I got a G&L Legacy which was better strat for me in just about every way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphamarquis Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom in Black/Gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackhell Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 My Douglas WRL590 Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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