Members chrisebrooks06 Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 just looking through some old family photos and saw a pic of my first ever guitar, a old encore guitar, strings sitting way off the fret board, twisted neck but i was 9 and it was the best thing in the world. my dad got it for me off a family friend, it was basically sat in a cupboard for a few years and they were going to throw it out but dad rescued it lol. i was happy and to find some pics many many years on is amazing ill try and post em sometime how did you get your first guitar and is their an interesting story to go with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturn Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My first real guitar my parents bought for me a Harmony V. I did have a hand me down from my brothers before that but it was mainly just a toy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Mine was a hand-me-down '80s MIJ tele copy from my dad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 my cousin gave me a small scale acoustic that he painted but i never really played it. i split a squier pack with my parents for the holidays in eighth grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My dad bought it for me in 1972 for my 9th birthday. It was a Winston hollowbody electric. He bought me a Univox amp and Univox Uniwah to go with it. Fond memories, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My mother took me to a pawnshop and she picked out a 2 pickup Kent for about 40 bucks. The same place had a wicked Hondo Explorer copy that I really wanted, but mom said no even though it was the same price.It was ok to start, once I got it in tune, It served me well until I picked up a cheap no name LP custom clone that I sold off later. Wish I still had it for sentimental reasons. An ex-friend destroyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goosefartfan Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Well,I was a junior in college. I decided I wanted that I wanted a Gibson ES 335 that cost $400 new in 1973. Only prob was no $. So I took the money my parents gave me for food and lived on (no joke) canned tuna and pineapple for three weeks. And, no, I didn't need to go on a diet. I still have the guitar, and I wish I was that thin now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisebrooks06 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Well, I was a junior in college. I decided I wanted that I wanted a Gibson ES 335 that cost $400 new in 1973. Only prob was no $. So I took the money my parents gave me for food and lived on (no joke) canned tuna and pineapple for three weeks. And, no, I didn't need to go on a diet. I still have the guitar, and I wish I was that thin now! thats the kind of stories i love, thanks for sharing thank god for tuna lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beardsman Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My parents bought me a Squier bullet in the 8th grade. They thought I would give up within a week. Thanks mom and dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My brother died when I was 14. When I was 16, at the urging of a friend, I started playing my brother's guitars; one asianmade junky fakocaster, and a sweet Japanese 12-string dreadnaught (that I will cherish always). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 my parents bought me my first electric when I was 12 or so I believe... I could be wrong, was a long time ago..... they also bought me an acoustic many years before that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members littlemilo Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My brother gave it to me for Christmas. He left the old Gibson in a closet at home while he was on the road with his band. I had my neighbor show me how to tune it up and play a few chords. I fell in love with playing guitar, and that guitar in particular. I think this was in the summer of 1971. When he came home for Christmas and heard me play, he made it my Christmas gift. It still is the best Christmas present I have ever recieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 I played my sisters guitar for a while, then I was given a Tiesco with 2 strings and an acoustic with 5 strings when I was in third grade. Then I got my first new guitar when I was 10... my mom and grandmother got it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ten56gibby Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Parents got it for me at GC in Arlington, TX. Christmas '96. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 I borrowed my cousin's severe piece of {censored}...and my parents figured that I dicked around with it enough to get me a real guitar. About 2 years later they got me an electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mandooks Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My uncle had an old Hummingbird acoustic copy that he was gonna try and learn on when he was in his thirties but I ended up playing on it more than he did so he gave it to me. I ended up giving it away to a cousin who gave it to her boyfriend after a couple of weeks once she got bored of it. The first electric I bought was a Samick strat copy I bought with money from my summer job when I was 17. I heard Jimi used thicker guage strings than the 9's on there so I changed them out for 11's. I screwed the action so bad and didn't know anything about setting up a guitar so I smashed it Pete Townsend style. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Cheap nylonstring - my mom had a friend who no longer used the one she played as a teen, so it was on permanent loan.....until i broke it, then I had to buy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrisebrooks06 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 My brother died when I was 14. When I was 16, at the urging of a friend, I started playing my brother's guitars; one asianmade junky fakocaster, and a sweet Japanese 12-string dreadnaught (that I will cherish always). sorry to hear that, but thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members git-run Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 In 93 or 94 got interested in playing. A buddy who played took me to a pawn shop. He picked out a Kramer Pacer. I paid $130 for it (age of grunge). Turns out, it's a 1984 or 85 pacer deluxe, made in USA, original floyd. The neck was a replacement, nice, but it had issues. I put a Warmoth Kramer banana headstock birdseye maple neck on it, which cost about three times what I paid for the guitar. It's a great playing guitar, I'll never sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonK Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 When I decided to begin playing in 1971, I went to a local store called Zavarella's (Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton were both patrons, but alas, the store closed about 15 years ago). I told the owner I wanted to buy a Fender Mustang. He said, "no, you don't" Instead, he talked me into renting an Epiphone acoustic, saying, "you'll pay $15 a month, and I'll credit the first six months toward any guitar in the store once you're sure you want to play." Six months later, I knew I wanted to play, so I went back to the store and told him, "I want to apply my $90 to a Fender Mustang." He said, "No, you don't: it's a piece of crap at $140. Since you took my advice the first time around, I'll sell you a brand new Tele for $185 (knocking $10 off his regular price." I gave him $95 and walked out with that Tele - white (I'm guessing Oly, though it yellowed fairly quickly) w/ a maple board . It was beautiful. Wish I still had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 When I decided to begin playing in 1971, I went to a local store called Zavarella's (Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton were both patrons, but alas, the store closed about 15 years ago). I told the owner I wanted to buy a Fender Mustang. He said, "no, you don't" Instead, he talked me into renting an Epiphone acoustic, saying, "you'll pay $15 a month, and I'll credit the first six months toward any guitar in the store once you're sure you want to play." Six months later, I knew I wanted to play, so I went back to the store and told him, "I want to apply my $90 to a Fender Mustang." He said, "No, you don't: it's a piece of crap at $140. Since you took my advice the first time around, I'll sell you a brand new Tele for $185 (knocking $10 off his regular price." I gave him $95 and walked out with that Tele - white (I'm guessing Oly, though it yellowed fairly quickly) w/ a maple board . It was beautiful. Wish I still had it. That's a great story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Back in 1964, I was sitting in my room probably doing homework. There's a knock on the door and there's my dad with a Lafayette guitar and an Ampeg tube amp. Someone at work was selling it and he bought it for me for no reason. I never got stuff for no reason so it was momentous enough to get something. My dad worked all day. We didn't really talk much. He was the breadwinner who came home to relax or work around the house. Our paths rarely crossed unless he needed an apprentice (gopher) for his jobs. I was definitely speechless about getting the gift from dad. I can safely tell you that this 11 year old had no idea where this gift was eventually going to take him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 I bought it. Boring, I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samuraiBSD Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 Paid for it my goddamn {censored}ing self and started playing. Modded it out, still love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted March 8, 2009 Members Share Posted March 8, 2009 I got my first guitar from an Indian lady who was dieing of cancer. It was a TruTone acoustic. She also taught me the basic first position chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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