What was your first guitar?
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An Epiphone E Series Bully SG..it sounded decent through my fender frontman 25 watt..but then again I had nothing else to compare it to
i had to google a little to find out, but it was totally worth it!
my first guitar was an Ibanez Musician MC350NT i think. i was 11 and got it from my uncle to start playing guitar on. i had no idea at that time that i held a fairly ok guitar in my hands
i remember the neck was extremely thin and easy to handle, but the body was really heavy, so it was pretty badly balanced compared to new guitars.
anyway, i googled some pics of the model for those of you who aren't ibanez professors:
i dont remember there being a metal plate below the trem, but i have a vague memory of three screw holes (i think) so it might have just gone lost. it wasnt in the best of shapes
i also dont remember the two switches above the knobs like the model on the pictures has (but i might be wrong, it was 15 years ago after all), and it had white plastic on the on/off knob up by the horn. aside from that i think its the exact model.
notice the fancy neck-through and the layers of woods!
my first guitar was an Ibanez Musician MC350NT i think. i was 11 and got it from my uncle to start playing guitar on. i had no idea at that time that i held a fairly ok guitar in my hands
i remember the neck was extremely thin and easy to handle, but the body was really heavy, so it was pretty badly balanced compared to new guitars.
anyway, i googled some pics of the model for those of you who aren't ibanez professors:
i dont remember there being a metal plate below the trem, but i have a vague memory of three screw holes (i think) so it might have just gone lost. it wasnt in the best of shapes
i also dont remember the two switches above the knobs like the model on the pictures has (but i might be wrong, it was 15 years ago after all), and it had white plastic on the on/off knob up by the horn. aside from that i think its the exact model.
notice the fancy neck-through and the layers of woods!
TomAwesome
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Didn't I just see this thread? Oh well.
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My first electric guitar was the Jackson Performer on the left of this picture:
It doesn't show up well in that picture, but it's a really nice shade of transparent green that reminds me a lot of Steph Carpenter's old ESPs. Oddly enough, the Squier next to it was my second electric guitar and my first 7-string. Before either of them, I had a Samick bass with a really nice cherry burst on it, but I don't have any pictures of it.
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My first electric guitar was the Jackson Performer on the left of this picture:
It doesn't show up well in that picture, but it's a really nice shade of transparent green that reminds me a lot of Steph Carpenter's old ESPs. Oddly enough, the Squier next to it was my second electric guitar and my first 7-string. Before either of them, I had a Samick bass with a really nice cherry burst on it, but I don't have any pictures of it.
A Yamaha Eterna Acoustic....and I still have her as my one & only acoustic. 
Yamaha EG112, P.O.S. I still have it in parts, the body is sanded and sitting on my desk.
That was the first guitar I had that was playable, but I also have an acoustic that is older than God in my basement that my grandpa gave me, no brand name markers, the neck is pulling away from the body, the tuners are shot, etc. Says "STEEL REINFORCED NECK" on the back of the headstock
That was the first guitar I had that was playable, but I also have an acoustic that is older than God in my basement that my grandpa gave me, no brand name markers, the neck is pulling away from the body, the tuners are shot, etc. Says "STEEL REINFORCED NECK" on the back of the headstock
ahh my beloved Yamaha SE 350. I traded my friend a Digitech Whammy pedal, which i was using on my bass, to make this my very first guitar. Little did i know, it didn't have any fine tuners on the tremolo
here's a before and after shot of it.
here's a before and after shot of it.
SteveDendura
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My first guitar was a black stratocaster. I can't remember when I got rid of it, but I traded it for another guitar....I think I've had over a dozen guitars. I've had 3 different Epiphone Les Pauls, a Jackson Kelly, 2 Dinky Reverses, Ibanez Rg350, and a few more. Right now I'm down to four; a Schecter C-1 Blackjack, a C-1 Hellraiser, an Ibanez acoustic performer, and I still have that Ibanez Rg350.
I want a C-7 Blackjack to be my first 7 stringer. I like the neck and bridge better than the Ibanez 7s.
I want a C-7 Blackjack to be my first 7 stringer. I like the neck and bridge better than the Ibanez 7s.
Variant
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Short scale piece of shit called a Synsonics Terminator. Ironically, it was terminated on a sidewalk right after I get my first real guitar, a Jackson Dinky Reverse.
3/4 size nylon string acoustic.
My first electric was green with white scratch plate Samick strat copy.
No matter how much I set up the trem and lubricated the nut and bridge saddles, I couldn't use the trem for more than 10 minutes without some strings going almost 2 semi- tone out of tune
My first electric was green with white scratch plate Samick strat copy.
No matter how much I set up the trem and lubricated the nut and bridge saddles, I couldn't use the trem for more than 10 minutes without some strings going almost 2 semi- tone out of tune
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My first guitar was a 2nd hand Ibanez RX-20. Black with white pickguard. Plywood. First thing I did was make it metal by cutting out a Sepultura 'Tribal S' symbol out of 3M reflective advesive material and put it on the body behind the bridge. It's now in pieces, sanded back, and looking pretty messed up. Should put it back together and give it a decent setup, palm it off to a younger cousin.
Ze Kink
the black wizards
My first classical guitar was a 1/2 size Landola, which used to belong to my cousin. I found some pictures of me playing it from an old photo album, it did look kind of crappy.
My first electric guitar was a Tokai Als48bb Les Paul copy, made in Korea. I played it for a few years, and honestly, it was a pretty good guitar too. Even though it had an agathis body and all. I played it so much that the lacquer finish on the neck was sanded into a satin finish by my thumb
It did fuck up my picking hand technique, however. I kept my hand on the bridge all the time, and when I got my next guitar (Ibanez Jpmp3), I had to learn a new picking hand position and technique, since the floyd would make the guitar go slightly out of tune if I kept my hand on the bridge. I got a Japanese Tokai Ls75 years later, which had "true" specs like a mahogany body and neck and a maple top, and even though it sounded better, I didn't like it as much as I had liked my first guitar, so I sold it pretty fast. I guess sentimental value matters too 
My first electric guitar was a Tokai Als48bb Les Paul copy, made in Korea. I played it for a few years, and honestly, it was a pretty good guitar too. Even though it had an agathis body and all. I played it so much that the lacquer finish on the neck was sanded into a satin finish by my thumb
It did fuck up my picking hand technique, however. I kept my hand on the bridge all the time, and when I got my next guitar (Ibanez Jpmp3), I had to learn a new picking hand position and technique, since the floyd would make the guitar go slightly out of tune if I kept my hand on the bridge. I got a Japanese Tokai Ls75 years later, which had "true" specs like a mahogany body and neck and a maple top, and even though it sounded better, I didn't like it as much as I had liked my first guitar, so I sold it pretty fast. I guess sentimental value matters too 
sami
porkshop sammiches
My first electric was some LP copy. Not even sure what brand it was at this point. First riff I taught myself was the first fast part of Seasons in the Abyss; with an Ibanez DS-10 connected directly to my stereo.
While trying to learn guitar, I taped all the note names on guitar (minus the flats and sharps). Several years later, I gave it to some dude I went to high school with. I wonder if he still has it.
While trying to learn guitar, I taped all the note names on guitar (minus the flats and sharps). Several years later, I gave it to some dude I went to high school with. I wonder if he still has it.
ephriamiv7
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my first was a sqier mini strat but i have sold that...i have almost 20 guitars know and just got a xiphos \m/
i would take pictures are yall interested?
i would take pictures are yall interested?
well yeah, the whole reason i started this thread was for people to post pics as well as state which guitar they had, but no, it's just a thread full of writing now!
