What was your first guitar or bass?

MichaelMcKevin
MichaelMcKevin 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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  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 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
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin 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
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    Acoustic: Dean Performer SE, about $300
    Electric: Fender Stratocaster, American Standard
  • enharmonic
    enharmonic 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
  • ezyrydr
    ezyrydr 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.
  • Novawind
    Novawind 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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    7/10/06 LA 2
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    a black fender american standard strat. all i have left is the neck.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,020
    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, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • Dirty_Frank
    Dirty_Frank Posts: 957
    Peavey Raptor. :rockon:
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Acoustic: Yamaha FG410.....I still have it 22 years later!
    Electric: Mexi Telecaster
  • andych
    andych 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
  • DOSW
    DOSW 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 jam
    parel jam Posts: 7,223
    Electric - Ibanez Talman
    Acoustic - Jose Rodriquez
    ♪♫♪♫♫

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

    ♪♫♪♫♫
  • say_hi
    say_hi Posts: 313
    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 Yesterdays
    All 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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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin 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, ...
  • jb13letters
    jb13letters 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.
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian 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 c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    3/4 harmony
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
  • Julien
    Julien 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

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