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What was your first guitar or bass?

MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
edited October 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
Just for fun... lets hear em. It would also be interesting to hear how old you were.

For me...

First Acoustic Guitar: $70 no-namer when i was 7
First Electric Guitar: Aria Pro II, Sunburst (strat lookalike)
First Bass: Ibanez Soundgear SDGR400
Camden I '06, Camden II '06, Bonnaroo '08, Camden I '08, Camden II '08, Philly Spectrum II/III/IV '09, MSG I '10, MSG II '10, Made In America '12, Wrigley '13, Brooklyn II '13, Philly I '13, Philly II '13, ...
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  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    Just for fun... lets hear em. It would also be interesting to hear how old you were.

    For me...

    First Acoustic Guitar: $70 no-namer when i was 7
    First Electric Guitar: Aria Pro II, Sunburst (strat lookalike)
    First Bass: Ibanez Soundgear SDGR400
    first acoustic: takamine eg531sc- 700$
    1st electric: fender MIM strat w/ seymour duncan hot rails: 400$
    i have high tastes lol
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Acoustic: Cheap 'Bravo', 110
    Electric: Kit, 200
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    Acoustic: Dean Performer SE, about $300
    Electric: Fender Stratocaster, American Standard
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    I cashed savings bonds meant for my education and bought a Les Paul Custom.
    new music: http://www.myspace.com/blackbirdsymphonique

    old music: http://www.myspace.com/slowloader
  • ezyrydrezyrydr Posts: 55
    Elec: a Series 10 whatever that is. it was very 80s with a cracked rock pattern that faded from red to green and a floyd rose tremolo. $120 w/ practice amp.
    Acous: An Epiphone 12 string. I have no idea why I bought a 12 string for my first acoustic.
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    First Acoustic: Terrible Piece of Redwood with a hole and nylon strings, got it as a gift. The neck was warped, but it sure as hell built finger strength because the strings were so high.

    First Electric: 1979 Ibanez, my dad's old guitar. It's terribly worn, the humbuckers are corroded and the thing doesn't stay in tune anymore. When I left home my dad wanted to keep the thing so I had to get my own MIM strat.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    a black fender american standard strat. all i have left is the neck.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    Acoustic: Yahmaha, i dont even know what...90$...someone stole it, and im pissed
    Electric: Fender Fat Strat 385$
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • Dirty_FrankDirty_Frank Posts: 957
    Peavey Raptor. :rockon:
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    Acoustic: Yamaha FG410.....I still have it 22 years later!
    Electric: Mexi Telecaster
  • andychandych Posts: 130
    i believe i had a 1977 custom tennis racket..great tone :)

    then i moved up to a COLUMBUS les paul copy.
    dead head



    Bern 13/9/06
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Acoustic: Alvarez.... uh, something. It was my mom's classical, actually. ~$400
    Electric: Epi LP Special II with practice amp. I actually just upgraded a few weeks ago.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • parel jamparel jam Posts: 7,223
    Electric - Ibanez Talman
    Acoustic - Jose Rodriquez
    ♪♫♪♫♫

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=U_-WGNRyRzU

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  • say_hisay_hi Posts: 312
    acoustic: my dads old acoustic from the 1970's(??)
    electric: harmony "strat" copy from the sears catalog (now painted a very bad grey)...
    bass: fernandez - it had a "marble" finish, but looked like pink flowers (it got smashed at a show)...
    drums: thunder drums!!!! they are so bad.....
    4/30/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05, 5/4/06 (Letterman Mini-Concert), 5/5/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Bass: Peavey Axcelerator Plus (still have and is still pretty cool)

    Guitar: Ephiphone Special II
    E. Lansing-98 Columbus-00,03,10 Detroit-00,03 (1&2),06, 14 Cleveland-03,06,10 Toledo-04, Grand Rapids-04,06 London-05, Toronto-05, Indianapolis 10, East Troy (1&2) 11, Chicago 13, Detroit 14

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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    I left out drums. Tama Rockstar Customs and Sabian AAX cymbals


    Although that is true... i actually only posted this because it's my 100th post and i wanted to see what song name i would get next.
    Camden I '06, Camden II '06, Bonnaroo '08, Camden I '08, Camden II '08, Philly Spectrum II/III/IV '09, MSG I '10, MSG II '10, Made In America '12, Wrigley '13, Brooklyn II '13, Philly I '13, Philly II '13, ...
  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    1st bass: POS Sears Harmony, fell apart within 6 months
    1st acoustic: Epiphone... I forget the name. I still have it actually. Cost me about $200, so it's not total bottom of the line, but nothing special, either.
    1st electric: Epiphone Bully... Basically it's the SG special with a different headstock- plywood with pickups. Still have it, too.
    Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be pitied by Mr. T than you are to have feet.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Ibanez acoutic, solid spruce top, 1980, had the head snapped off twice adn needed new tuners and struts re-glueing lst year, but still got it.

    Electric, Late sixties Strat, bought 1981ish, never made friends with this guitar, G string pole piece stuck up and sounded so much poude than other strings, couldn't tune it, crappy practice amp with no overdrive, too hard, sold it same year
    Music is not a competetion.
  • brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    3/4 harmony
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    Just for fun... lets hear em. It would also be interesting to hear how old you were.

    For me...

    First Acoustic Guitar: $70 no-namer when i was 7
    First Electric Guitar: Aria Pro II, Sunburst (strat lookalike)
    First Bass: Ibanez Soundgear SDGR400

    My first bass was the same as yours and I'm still using it...
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    Julien wrote:
    My first bass was the same as yours and I'm still using it...

    rock on
    Camden I '06, Camden II '06, Bonnaroo '08, Camden I '08, Camden II '08, Philly Spectrum II/III/IV '09, MSG I '10, MSG II '10, Made In America '12, Wrigley '13, Brooklyn II '13, Philly I '13, Philly II '13, ...
  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    When I was 16....1991......

    acoustic Alvarez. Jerry Garcia style. Got stolen out of an apartment years later, along with my left handed golf clubs! I was more upset about the golf clubs.
    11-2-2000 Portland. 12-8-2002 Seattle. 4-18-2003 Nashville. 5-30-2003 Vancouver. 10-25-2003 Bridge School. 9-2-2005 Vancouver.
    7-6-2006 Las Vegas. 7-20-2006 Portland. 7-22-2006 Gorge. 9-21-2009 Seattle. 9-22-2009 Seattle. 9-26-2009 Ridgefield. 9-25-2011 Vancouver.
    11-29-2013 Portland. 10-16-2014 Detroit. 8-8-2018 Seattle. 8-10-2018 Seattle. 8-13-2018 Missoula.  5-10-2024 Portland.  5-30-2024 Seattle.
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    acoustic- Harmony classical

    Eletrical- s101 epiphone knock off (still playing)
  • jbdjbd Posts: 65
    To buy my first guitar I had to save money for 17 years of my life (which was actually all my life at the time) and get this :

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    American Deluxe Telecaster... Montego Black/Maple.
    "Fuck the kids ! Except the ones who are buying our records! They're fucking themselves!" - Mark Arm
  • MishralMishral Posts: 211
    My first guitar was an Gibson SG replica. The brand is called Gherson. Pretty cool guitar. Only natural clear finish. Shadow-pickups.
    Sounds really good, but unfortunatly the frets are almost down to the fretboard now.
    "The things you own will end up owning you"
  • rustyguitarrustyguitar Posts: 31
    I traded my nintendo and a suitcase full of games to a pawn shop for some cash, went straight to the guitar shop and picked up a samick strat copy (black to green fade) and a peavey rage amp....I believe I was 16 (now 28). My first acoustic was a Yamaha. It was a gift from a boyfriend, which I promptly sold when we broke up so he couldn't ask for it back...ha.
    I "waved to all my friends" at:
    Toronto 22/08/98 - Toronto 05/10/00 - Buffalo 02/05/03 - Toronto 28/06/03 - Montreal 29/06/03 - Kitchener 11/09/05 - London 12/09/05- Hamilton 13/09/05 - Montreal 15/09/05 - Ottawa 16/09/05 - Toronto 19/09/05 - Toronto 09/05/06 - Toronto 10/05/06 - Toronto 21/08/09
  • Lost_ClayLost_Clay Posts: 1,085
    this (got it in late 1992) http://flickr.com/photos/48623262@N00/199232721/

    it had a whammy bar and i used to spend hours making it sound like a cow, my first amp was pretty horrible too =)

    my first acoustic (which i still play & love ) purchased summer 94 http://flickr.com/photos/48623262@N00/124103129/
    "ah fuck it get in trouble"

    06/29/03 09/22/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 05/09/06 05/10/06
  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    rustyguitar wrote:
    My first acoustic was a Yamaha. It was a gift from a boyfriend, which I promptly sold when we broke up so he couldn't ask for it back...ha.

    Nice. But it was a gift, so it'd be kind of rude to ask for it back. Hell, if it wasn't, I'd ask an ex-gf for an $800 Tiffany necklace I gave her for Christmas back and buy a guitar in its place.
  • jbdjbd Posts: 65
    moster78 wrote:
    Nice. But it was a gift, so it'd be kind of rude to ask for it back. Hell, if it wasn't, I'd ask an ex-gf for an $800 Tiffany necklace I gave her for Christmas back and buy a guitar in its place.

    Haha, you're crazy.
    "Fuck the kids ! Except the ones who are buying our records! They're fucking themselves!" - Mark Arm
  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    jbd wrote:
    Haha, you're crazy.

    Yeah, I know. Never again though!
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