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Post subject: Do you still have your first ever guitar?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:33 am
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I started learning guitar at the age of 10 on a very cheap "no-name" classical guitar from UK store chain Minns Music (anyone remember them?).

Since then I've had a variety of guitars over many many years (boy am I old! :oops: ), but I still have that first guitar - I can't seem to part with it even though it's battered, worn and was never good quality.

Maybe this is how a GAS - Guitar Acquisition Syndrome starts!

So, do you still have your very first guitar? And why?

PS: My current fave axe is my 1993 Black Strat Plus Deluxe

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:46 am
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Hello Red Paul,

I still have my first,
sisters, cousins, nieces & nephews
have all had it a bit and was returned to
me when I years later. By no means a true
intrument but many have had fun with it.
Here is it.

Cheers.

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:49 am
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Mr Bill wrote:
Hello Red Paul,

I still have my first,
sisters, cousins, nieces & nephews
have all had it a bit and was returned to
me when I years later. By no means a true
intrument but many have had fun with it.
Here is it.

Cheers.

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Hehe... that's coool - it looks like a guitar that's seen life!
I actually restrung my old classical last year (nylon strings) for the first time in maybe 15 years. I leave it lying around the house for any visiting kids to play!

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:04 am
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yes, my New York Pro acoustic left-handed (i believe its in the photo) one of the last things my dad got me before he died so i cherish it forever

What an awesome sounding guitar it is

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:05 am
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I still have both of my first guitars. But I only started playing two years ago so that was easy.


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:55 am
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YZFJOE wrote:
I still have both of my first guitars. But I only started playing two years ago so that was easy.


Haha... I like it!

I guess the question for you, then, is do you think you'll still have those two guitars in 30 years time, when other guitars have come and gone... ?

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:17 am
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I have mine. it is in a few pieces now (due to some unfortunate mishaps in storage) but for some reason I still keep it around.

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:52 am
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Yes I still have it :) It is a Ibanez RS530. But now it is in parts. It`s going to be repainted, change the hardware and pickups, and I have bought a Ibanez RG neck for it :D


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:08 pm
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No, I haven't. The very first guitar I had was a Rosetti acoustic. It cost my dad seven quid in 1963 and I sold it to a mate at school about a year later for something like a fiver.
It was the first of many guitars that have passed through my hands.
Many regrets on this subject. :(

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:43 pm
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My first real guitar was a Yamaha acoustic, I sold it when times were hard. Desperate times means desperate measures :cry: It was actually a great sounding guitar.

Mr Bill,
I salute you sir, that is one fine looking acoustic :lol: Thanks for posting the pic, nice one mate.


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:43 pm
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Not yet :wink: :D
But when I do I will hold onto it forever!

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:20 pm
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Yup, still got my squire.
Black Squire HSS with a rosewood fretboard.

Its still my only guitar... as i dont have money for another... newer? higher end? guitar.

So yeah, i still got it, even if i could get enough money for a new one, i'd never sell my squire. its worth more to me than anybody else.

and, if i do even end up getting famous. making millions. etc. when i go to play a show.
I'd still whip out that squire.

Just for kicks.


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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:21 pm
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Yeah, I've got it. Black and Silver Fat Starcaster. Nice starting guitar.

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:28 pm
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I only wish I still had it.

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I still have mine - I picked it up new for about $125 in the East Village in NYC back in 1973. It is a Léro Model 58 Dreadnought - it has a great tone, and it's not in too bad a shape for being 36 years old - and until this year, it has hardly every been kept in a case of any kind - it has hung on walls, or been stored in a closet or a basement. It needs a couple of minor repairs, but it keeps in tune and sounds very nice.

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