what was the first guitar you owned?and where is it now?

[machine]

Mine was a Vantage AVENGER AV325 (red) which my dad bought for me on my 16th birthday ...(dont laugh too much at the photo)
http://www.robneary.com/images/whereitallstarter.jpg

I just did some research and they are made in japan by matsumoku (makes aria,washburn models)

Talk about a trip down memory lane!! :lol:

Unfortunately it got 2 re-spays and fell to bits after i did the 2nd one... :roll:

Rob

[stevieboy378]

I had an Antoria strat copy. It was a natural finish ( Alder I think ), with a white scratchplate & pickup covers, and a maple neck with 70's style headstock.
Think I traded it for something like a Telecaster, but I wish I still had it . . .

[Richie Sambora]

i have a career stage series guitar, i know you never heard of them, but i got it cheap you know just to practice stuff on it, then i decided to repaint it last week, it was a mess, so im sanding it down right now and probably gonna keep it in its natural finish.

[KeithB]

Mine is/was a cheapo, probably Teisco. Now it's in my closet under the stairs. I'm saving it for my kids to use, if/when they get the bug. Bask in it's crapiness here: www.mzla.com/guitar/old.html ;)

[GuitarDesperado]

Mine was an old, kid-sized, classical, nylon stringed guitar. I still have that thing, too. I'll sale my other guitars before that one.

[ZampraZ]

My was a behringer guitar. now that i played for a year i realized its a freaking nightmare and id sell it for 40$, although it has some sentimental value since it w as my first so i wont sell it

[Theusla]

A Honer acoustic. Sold it to a friend for his wife to learn on.

[OverRide]

Yamaha 350 something. It's a beginner’s acoustic. I still have it.
I have been meaning to change the strings on it and play it again; they are over 3 years old.
The action on it is crap, but it sounds ok. The neck is very broke in and feels nice (Maybe because it was my only guitar for so long that my hands still feel good on it?).
I know I won’t ever get rid of it; I worked my *** off to get the $300 for that guitar. And I took it EVERY where with me.

[scott powell]

My first electric was an 83 squire strat, its my 'experimental'guitar, i have put dozens of pickups in it,changed the tuners,thrown it across the stage a few times, its a damn solid guitar!

[flamin-gitaur]

My first electric was a jet black Ovation "ultra hard body" electric. I installed an EMG 81 pup, and to this day it is my "go to" guitar!

[Graybeard]

My first was a Kay acoustic starter guitar, given to me by my uncle when I decided to take guitar. It's a worn model K500, which surprisingly I couldn't find anywhere on the Kay website, must be discontinued.

[socialmisfit]

Red Yamaha Pacifica. loved that guitar,a nd always will. was walking by the guitar store one day, saw there was a big sale on all inventory, walked in, bought it on the spot, (didnt even know anything about guitars, or how to play) with money that was meant for something else, but i forget what. i get yelled at when i got home, but i dont regret it. its probably over 6 years old now, as i got it used, and i still use it for playing certain styles, and alternate tunings. right now its hanging on my wall hanger, next to the Jackson. dont think i'll ever sell either of em.

[MilkMan12]

Mine was some crappy yamaha strat copy. I gave it to my little bro to learn how to play but he isn't so far. I'll take it back if he doesn't because it does have some sentimental value.

[eexplorer505]

this thred seems so familar o well Kima - Python(strat copy) and my little 11 year brother has it alongs with my old drum set and i hope they dont pawn them

[Leo Fender]

A half-sized classical guitar. Got it when I was around the age of 6.
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1145/3897209/8850295/123563263.jpg

[0.1 watts]

Mine was a Vantage AVENGER AV325 (red) which my dad bought for me on my 16th birthday ...(dont laugh too much at the photo)

Rob

www.robneary.com

You live in Croydon? Cool, I used to live in Coulsdon, about 5 miles away.

[Jay..]

Well at first i got my brothers old acoustic, but my first electric was a fender squire strat. ITs up in my room.

[mishmannah]

Half size classical that ended up like this...

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/mishmannah/gitaarcaput.jpg

[Dr. Jimmy]

Black Hondo Allstar, purchased at Brian's Guitars in New Haven, CT back in '81. Current whereabouts unknown....

[jewdo27]

mine was a epiphone les paul which is the one i use now as i only got it about 1 year ago

[Mr. Boston]

First guitar I ever owned was a 3/4 scale acoustic. I don't remember the brand. Suffice it to say it was a POS. I leant it to my brother to bring to summer camp once upon a time, and while he was swimming in the lake some older kids used it for BB gun target practice. It was returned to me in "holey" condition. Right now it's probably in a land-fill somewhere.

[goldentone]

another one I've written about before...

re-posted from 4/05:

Dad gave me my first guitar back in the late 60's when I was about 7 or 8 years old. It was a Sorrento electric that came with a small amp. He paid $40 for the whole package. I lost track of the guitar somewhere along the way when I was still a kid. It turns out that Dad had given it to a musician friend of his to take a look at it because it had some sort of problem that I can't recall. Then last summer when I was back in Wisconsin visiting the family, I walked into this bar where my Dad was sitting there talking to this guy. It turned out to be the same guy he'd given my guitar to 35 years ago. He said the guitar was probably still sitting in his attic, where it had been collecting dust for all those years. It was, and now I have the guitar once again. It's a POS, but it's got sentimental value to me. I still have no idea what ever happened to that amp, though.

[Smallfrie_Omega]

my first axe is a Ibanez Rg350Dx and it's in my arms.......

[Experience Me]

My first was a Kramer strat copy that cost $60 with a gig bag. It's a little scratched and dented, but sitting beside me right now.

[zeppelinmad]

a classical acoustic. Peice of crap, but got me started..

[AMusicalViking]

My first was a POS 3/4 size classical. Today it's still sitting in my mom's studio (not recording) crammed between a piano and a foot-pump organ.

[PhantomLord]

some cheap ashton strat copy. it's currently being resprayed.

[Jimi's Tribute]

i had a cheapo nylon string guitar i rolled off my bed landed on the body its shatterd and i wound up with part of it stuck in my back ...man that was painful

[GuitarownzU]

I had an Red Ibanez GAX-70 sold it to my friend when i got my current guitar....hes trying to sell it now.

[sharkydude501]

I learned to play acoustic git back in '78. My best friend who taught me took me to an old music store in SC where I bought a 1977 Martin-Sigma DR9 (Japanese made Martin D28 w/ rosewood sides & 3 piece back). Right now "Siggy" sits on a stand in Okeechobee, FL at my cousin's house. I gave it to her about 2 years ago to learn how to play.

[nitro juiced]

My first and only guitar is a givson acoustic guitardunno bout the size,but it says jumbo on the side :)

pretty tough to play....has a high action,stinging steel strings!

But I love it! probably get a new guitar by the end of this month :toohappy: ELECTRIC!!

[76Strat]

my first guitar was a hm strat....

[FuriousGrimlock]

Epi LP Special II -- um.. it's over there (points behind him), plugged into the amp.

[Tingly]

A "Toredo" or "Toledo" I think, classical, nylon stringed acoustic guitar from Sam Ash in, I think, 1969. My brother got mad at me when I wasn't home once, maybe in 1975 or so, and kicked the back in, and then shot the fretboard with a .22 rifle. The bullet is still in it. I still have it. It's in my old apartment. A friend fixed the back with duct tape. It played okay last time I played it, around 1991 or so, I guess.

Damn! I got that thing 37 years ago. How embarassing. I should be a lot better than I am!

[0.1 watts]

I started off with a project made Yamaha Pacifica style guitar. It had a lot of good things about it for a beginner. The pickups were alright and the playability was very good. It also looks good from a distance (where you couldn't tell it was a laminate). It's next to me right now and I use it whenever I verify tabs on the Internet before downloading them, or use it for unplugged playing.

[Leo Fender]

A small classical guitar, I think it's half-sized, don't know for sure..

http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1145/3897209/8850295/123563263.jpg

[ForeverWritten8]

My first guitar was a red Samick Torino. It got stolen on the way to a lesson...what a way to enter the world of music huh? now i've got 4 guitars, and no one's taking them away.

[stratman50th]

My first guitar was a Peavey T-60 I bought in 1976 along with a Peavey Pacer amp.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/Stratman50th/Peavey.jpg

I kept that guitar until I sold it around 3 years ago to a friend who's son wanted to upgrade from his Squire Strat. I told him that I wanted it back if the kid ever decided to get rid of it. That was a great playing guitar!

[Guitarzan91]

My first guitar was a squire bullet lol that thing sucked

[Harmony Blitzer]

mine was a 1976' Alvarez folk model 5014 and i still have it and play it.

[Shift_aws]

i feel so rich...
my first and only(soon schecter hellraiser) fender MIM strat
saved up for 6 months for that baby i love it

[I_b_a_n_e_z_e_r]

Smoke Gray Biscayne Six with black pick guard. Strat copy. Heaviest damn guitar I have ever held, LOL! I saved up and bought it for $200, then gave it to my brother for Christmas a few years later. Last thing I heard about it was it had been pawned.

[nitro juiced]

My first electric...IBANEZ 170dx!

[fornies]

My first is a red squire bullet. Now it resides with my little cousin and he is learning on it.

[ledtom]

My first and only purple Acrylic Warlock, and it's in my bedroom.

[FrEtboaRDonFIRE]

My first guitar is my dad's acoustic, but that doesn't really count...my first guitar of my own was a red Hohner Les Paul copy...was a nice little guitar, if I do say so myself. I sold it along with my first amp to a guy whose son wanted to learn to play guitar...it went to a good home. :)

-=FoF=-

[Enigmur]

My mum used to play acoustic and I played on that after my friend introducing me to guitar 2 years ago.

I put steel strings on it and the bridge came off :eek:

Now I have my treasured Onyx, which was my first electric - I got like 3 months after I started then broke my acoustic. Its a random custom brand I got for hell cheap with an amp. I love it, I've blocked the tremelo in it recently and its such a nice axe, I'll never rid of it.

http://myspace-307.vo.llnwd.net/00824/70/33/824513307_l.jpg

:luv:

[Plain G]

I was eight or nine on an open air train in Spain in '70 or '71 (no we weren't rich, we lived in Liverpool and were on holiday across the pond, seven people in a Fiat station wagon). My Dad bought it for me off an old dude selling stuff at one of the train stops. Had it for years but couldn't play it. Gone now.
First played guitar, a '73 Fender f-65 dreadnought. Can't put into words how much I love this guitar, still my favorite acoustic. It's in the dining room next to my chair.
First electric, Mann Les Paul copy, gave it to my little brother, he ground off the sunburst filled one pick up hole and painted it flat black, I coulda killed him.

[Get_Your_Guns]

my firat was an imitation of a strat...and not a bad one....
the only reason i made an account on here (today) is so i could sell it..

[FiveStringer]

We found an old classical nylon stringed acoustic under our house. I googled the brand and it returned 0 results. The body was filled with acorns like the squirrels were using it as a vault. We didn’t know any better, so we put steel strings on it to replace only the broken ones, which tore it apart. Someone told us about our error, and we replaced the strings with nylon strings. Two of the strings on it are still original, and have been on it for over 30 years. While my friend was tuning it, he broke the high E string, so I learned to play using only 5 strings, hints my username.

[76Strat]

hahaha thats sweet there is a 5 string guitar for ale at a shop over here its a schecter electric its gonna be my next axe

[JilliGirl]

Keith: Looks like it's grown a little green mold, there . . . lol

j/k

[Guitboxjoe]

I had a Johnson wannabe strat that I got for my birthday one year. Then one winter finially came along and put it in my fireplace to burn because I didn't feel like wasting a good log. :D

[deathmedic]

mine is my £100 Sonic Red Chavel re-issue =p
i won't sell it, i love that thing. bright red and in yea face! lol..
i won't sell my other guitars either.. mybe the hohner acustic at some point.

[Dieselten]

A "Jason" semi-acoustic electric I bought whilst in high school, about 1966 or 1967. It had an awful action, lousy machine-heads (which I replaced), pickups that were mediocre and deaf, a rough neck and a fret job from hell. I strung it with "Black Diamond" flat-wound strings that were made of recycled fence-wire - rusty fence-wire at that.

I really don't know what happened to it. I know I didn't burn it (I was tempted) and perhaps I sold it to someone more desperate that I was to "look cool". It was my last electric until I discovered pedal-steel.

[fastvfr]

My first guitar was a Takamine G340 acoustic six-string.

It's in the bedroom, as I just got it a couple of months ago.

And yes, I already have a second--a Strat copy. :toohappy: