What was your first guitar?

[nlaplante]

1995 Squier Stratocaster made in Mexico. 18 years ago. Took a beating over the years. The neck is unusable now. Has various waves in all directions.

 

[TremontiFan16]

I was eleven when I got my first guitar,it was terrible.a 80$ washburn strat copy.
I put heavier strings on it.One or two of the saddles actually ripped off from the bridge.
11-52
Ended up returning it,and getting an f-50 that was my first "actual" guitar.

 

[snissors]

Ibanez Roadstar II. Black and purple. I loved it. Still have it, just a little beaten up.

 

[fassaction]

Synsonics Terminator. It had a built in speaker, a bigsby style trem, and about 3/4 of an inch in the action. The guitar was absolutely the worst. It couldnt/wouldnt stay in tune, and the string trees must have had a sharp edge because it would break strings really quickly.

The sound....oh damn, it sounded terrible.

 

[Thorerges]

Ibanez RGIR. True workhorse guitar, I highly recommend the iron label series for all beginner metal players.

 

[Black43]

An epiphone SG-310. Yes, the one that looks like a cheap children's toy. I used to pretend that thing was the best guitar out, bought it some Duncans, then tried a cheap Jackson and realized how shit mine actually was. I'll never get rid of it though, it sits on the guitar rack closest to my head when I sleep.
Because, you know, sentimental value.

 

[Lionel Draco]

Some Pyramid classical guitar.

My first electric guitar was a LTD MH-50.

 

[metaldoggie]

First acoustic (24 years ago) was a Hondo (I think) - Gibson humingbird copy.
First electric was a year or so later, a squier strat with the squier starter amp and a RAT.

 

[mike90t09]

Epiphone SG Special. Got it Christmas of 8th grade. It was in a package deal. Thought I was Angus Young.

 

[CrazyDean]

I don't remember my first acoustic, but my first electric was an Ibanez GSA60.

 

[Dan_Vacant]

A Kramer xlII it is in parts at the moment I got it when it was red and the body is now green.

 

[ferret]

Very very very first?

Some variant of those Synsonic built-in amp things (Not my pic):

My first "real" guitar after that was a Squire Strat.

 

[thesnowdog]

A 3/4 Valencia classical, just like all the other kids at school, when I was seven.

 

[FruitCakeRonin]

Supreme ST-1. It's an in-house brand of one of Denmarks largest musical instrument retailer. Pretty much a squier. It actually sounded and played pretty well, although there were some problems with the saddles and/or nut causing strings to break a few times and the 1st string at the 1st fret was completed muted.

 

[FantasyMetal]

Mine was a Washburn USA Steve Stevens model in white. My dad found it for me for $250. I should've held onto that guitar...

 

[broj15]

MIM fender strat that my dad "rescued" from the pawn shop that had the worst hum ever and couldn't stay in tune for shit. I still have it and would like to reshape the neck and replace the nut, tuners, and electronics, but life gets in the way.

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

When I was 12 I bought (almost all by myself!!) an Ibanez RG5EX1. I had already been playing a little on my brother's Epi SG G-400 and Affinity Strat, so I figured I'd skip the shit starter guitar thing

I've still got it and it's gone through a ton of pickups and various mods over the years. Definitely a solid guitar. I've taken it as a backup to shows a bunch and used it live a few times. I don't have any recent pics of it, but here's one from about a year ago with a single 18V modded EMG 85 and foam in the neck/middle:

It currently has a single D-Activator in the bridge and one volume in the tone spot, but the pickup went microphonic a while back, so the guitar will be out of commission for a while once I send the pickup to Dimarzio to be fixed (hopefully for just the cost of shipping) Oh, and it also has a white Dimarzio Clip Lock strap to go with the binding

 

[s_k_mullins]

Crate Electra.... Basically a Fender Strat-copy, 3-tone sunburst with white pickguard, rosewood board, and HSS pickup config.

I got it at age 12, so around 1998. Extremely solid guitar, still plays well and holds tuning. And the bridge humbucker is actually pretty sweet.

 

[AdamRogo]

ESP LTD EX-250, I think. It was a crappy bolt-on explorer. I still stuck EMGs in there of course!

 

[Metlupass2]

Red Squire Strat. I let a friend borrow it about 14 years ago and never got it back.