What was your First

[andrewdosborne]

Similar story to pablos', had a crappy classical guitar in early high school. Got fed up with that as so hard to play. Jacked in the classical guitar lessons, managed to borrow a well used black LP copy from a school friend. This guitar was on its last legs but at least a bit more playable (cant remember the brand as too long ago!). Things improved with that axe and got the guitar bug but developed an aversion to Gib**n guitars (even though a crap copy put me off, how silly). Moved on swiftly to a Japan Fender Tele (cherry red with some sparkle in the finish and nice white/black body binding) that had a rosewood fretboard that smelt just like chocolate! Then - 30+ years of Teles until now...

[Rob L]

Similar story to pablos', had a crappy classical guitar in early high school. Got fed up with that as so hard to play. Jacked in the classical guitar lessons, managed to borrow a well used black LP copy from a school friend. This guitar was on its last legs but at least a bit more playable (cant remember the brand as too long ago!). Things improved with that axe and got the guitar bug but developed an aversion to Gib**n guitars (even though a crap copy put me off, how silly). Moved on swiftly to a Japan Fender Tele (cherry red with some sparkle in the finish and nice white/black body binding) that had a rosewood fretboard that smelt just like chocolate! Then - 30+ years of Teles until now...

I should say my very first guitar was a Harmony acoustic my mom gave me. Wasn't bad at all except it was almost as big as I was.

Andrew, I've probably owned every major and many indie guitars over the years and about 10 years ago? I went back to Tele as my main guitar. Just something about Teles. Easy to play. Not too big or heavy and there'a pretty much no musical genre you can't play on them. Love my Tele!

[pablopepper]

Important, my first bass was a Peavey Milestone II. That thing was awesome until it fell off a chair and the neck broke into three bits.

[bargeloobs]

My first was a Yamaha 3/4 classical my Mum bought me when I was 7 or so. I never really attempted to play it properly, just made lots of noise and I think in the end it got smashed. After that was an electric called an "Axetech", a massive pig of a thing with a dodgy Floyd Rose that would go out of tune as soon as you even thought about picking it up, funnily enough that got smashed too:P
After learning to play I gained a bit more respect for instruments.

[wokkaboy]

wow some people have owned some expensive axes, wish there was a time machine around so you could go back and not sell them !
My first guitar was a white Yamaha RGX112 electric for my 20th birthday, haven't got it any more but looked like the pic attached. My poor neighbours had to listen to me learn through a screaming Peavey rage amp haha
Before I got the practice amp I used to plug it into my pretty powerful stereo with no effects - sounded terrible

[pablopepper]

Ha, for my first "amp", my dad spliced a quarter inch jack on to some rca plugs and I went straight into my stereo (a big old Kenwood). It was awful, but at the time I loved it.

[bargeloobs]

Ha, for my first "amp", my dad spliced a quarter inch jack on to some rca plugs and I went straight into my stereo (a big old Kenwood). It was awful, but at the time I loved it.

Yep same here, can't remember the brand of stereo but it was big and old, covered in brown wood veneer.

[wokkaboy]

funny hey, others using a stereo as an amp. I do remember if you turned it up loud enough you got an ugly distortion sound haha.
My very first amp, before the Peavey was like a small PA speaker that looked like an air conditioner. Got a fuzz pedal and it only just kept up with the sound level of a drum kit haha

[bargeloobs]

funny hey, others using a stereo as an amp. I do remember if you turned it up loud enough you got an ugly distortion sound haha.
My very first amp, before the Peavey was like a small PA speaker that looked like an air conditioner. Got a fuzz pedal and it only just kept up with the sound level of a drum kit haha

Ya make do with what you've got eh Wokks!

I think from memory my "amp" was a Fountain, I used to use one of these with it, I've still got that pedal somewhere knocking round in a box full of old pedals and leads at me Mums.

[Fretworn]

My first guitar was a Valencia nylon string that I bought new for $100 about 28 years ago. I was told at the time that it would probably fall apart after 5 years, but it's still going strong.

My first electric was an Onyx LP style guitar. It was a crappy piece of plywood, but it had super-hot pickups in it. I ended up using it for spare parts for other guitars. All that's left of it now are the four tuning machines on my cigar box lap steel.

My first "amp" was my parents Yamaha Electone organ. You could only play clean, but it had a volume pedal and a leslie speaker!