If at all possible hold on to them my friend!!

My first, at about age 12, was an old Hawiian guitar with about 1/2" action and only three strings. It had belonged to my grandfather and my uncle had repaired the broken neck where my grandfather had slipped on the ice on his way home from a lesson and sat on it. I learned how to play the intro to the theme from the TV show "Peter Gunn" which you could play with one finger on one string. I was hooked from then on! I actually still have it.
First electric, bought when I was 16, was a my 1963 Gibson Les Paul Junior. Got my Strat for my 60th. birthday. Took me long enough eh?

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Donnmac

'09 American Deluxe Strat Sunburst Rosewood
'63 Les Paul Jr SG body
'80's Fender F 15 Acoustic
'09 Larrivee D 03RE
'09 Squier Affinity J Bass
'10 Martin D12X1AE
'66 Traynor YGM1 (tube)
'08 Traynor TRM30
'11 G-DEC 30 Blues
'09 Fender Rumble 15

I bet that vintage Les Paul Junior sounds great. Don Barnes from .38 Special plays a vintage LP Junior, and for me that is one of the best sounding guitars I've ever heard live or recorded. I saw them live this past August and was amazed at how good that guitar sounded. The newer ones are manufactured differently and to my ears dont quite duplicate the tone of the vintage ones.

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"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." Blazing Saddles...

Some call it that because of the SG shaped body but the headstock says Les Paul Junior.

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Donnmac

'09 American Deluxe Strat Sunburst Rosewood
'63 Les Paul Jr SG body
'80's Fender F 15 Acoustic
'09 Larrivee D 03RE
'09 Squier Affinity J Bass
'10 Martin D12X1AE
'66 Traynor YGM1 (tube)
'08 Traynor TRM30
'11 G-DEC 30 Blues
'09 Fender Rumble 15

First was a piece of Les Paul copy of unknown origin.
Second was a piece of Strat copy by Hondo.
Third was a piece of Washburn Lyon Strat style.

Trust me, I earned my Fenders.

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The SG line was originally part of the Les Paul line. You have an early (and valuable! ) one if it is SG shaped but still says Les Paul junior!

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

my first was a Ibanez JS-100. the first string change was a horror with that
floyd rose vibrato, grrrrr.

no 2: mia Fender lone star strat, we get old togehter (i promissed her)
no 3: G&L S-500, sold for a esp eclipse,
no 4: ibanez sa 160
no 5: prs santana se, sold for a sandberg alterra
no 6: ibanez sz 520 qm
no 7: ibanez vbt-700
no 8: mim Fender cp 60

cheers

mine is a Yamaha classical guitar
i was doing my industrial training for my polytechnic studies
and get a monthly allowance of RM300
i bought it at RM245
it was the first thing i bought with my own working money
still keeping it
but don't play it anymore
i got my right hand position wrong and could not proceed in classical guitar

Wow I'm jealous of you guys that still have your first guitars, good on you.
My first was a no name 3/4 nylon string with way-high action that I couldn't play... "I wanna guitar, I wanna guitar..." "here's the cheapest one we could get, now shutup"

First playable one was a 60's Teisco electric with two humbuckers I bought from a friend's dad for $17, because it cost him 17 Pounds originally. I only ever paid $13 though, still owe him 4 decades later!

I smashed both those guitars in my first punk band, we smashed guitars instead of playing solos. The Teisco got rebuilt each time, until the body had no lower bout, no controls, and just one pickup wired direct to an output socket! Sounded better that way actually. When it was unplayable I got a 'Frampton' Les Paul copy - very fancy looking, very microphonic and squeally!

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"...Compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees, I am an Apeman."

My first guitar was a Fender Stratocaster. I bought it for myself as a graduation present. Saw Jimi Hendrix with a Strat, loved his first album and that's the guitar I had to have. I never could quite get his tones out of the Silverface Champ amp I bought with the Strat but I had fun trying.

John

I know the feeling, I'm looking to get rid of a few soon too. Nothing fancy...a Schecter sand a couple Squiers.... I'll probably regret it. But I need the room.

Mine was an old silvertone made by danelectro. I was a double cutaway ace, my axe slung low to go, guitar man in the makin,' Fo' Sho'!!!

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I believe in Christianity as i believe that the sun has risen. not only because i see it, but because by it, i see everything else. C.S. Lewis

First of my own was an Applause by Kaman. Bought it off a shipmate in the 70's. Think it cost me 2 weeks pay but since was out to sea didn't have any other place to spend my money and plenty of time to play, Beautiful gloss black, cream binding with red pinstripes. Had good sound but was hard on the fingers. Needed a setup but didn't know it then. Wish I still had it but got pawned for textbooks in college. Still have my first banjo.

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Stagemaster
Roadhouse Strat
Epi Traditional Pro Les Paul
Ovation Celeb
Esteban Celestial Night(nicely tweeked)
Blackheart tube amp

mine was/is a stratcopy by J&D(I think?).
I still have it, although it's been stripped of
it's darkgreen paint.

I've been thinking about redoing it as a Frankenstrat