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Topic: What was your 1st good guitar

Don't know if this has been posted before,so to all of the guitar slingers on the forum
what was your 1st good guitar when you started out...???

For me it was a 1971 Harmony Rebel...which I sold in 74 to buy my Gibson Sg with paper route money for 375.00

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........
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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

A Rossetti Airstream 3 strat style with three humbuckers in a dark red/black sunburst. Wish I still had it. Very rare and heavy.

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

same guitar, 1972 Tele Thinline, wish I had not sold it. Arrrgggh, that's what we all say later.

Tres

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4 Reply by BluesMan (edited by BluesMan 2012-02-08 16:54:32)

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

ahsmith33 wrote:

same guitar, 1972 Tele Thinline, wish I had not sold it. Arrrgggh, that's what we all say later.

Tres

Well, no wonder you like Aaron Williams, Tres! smile

I know it's not polite to covet someone else's guitar but... http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5283/5272 … 39a8_z.jpg

For me, it would probably be my Taylor 114ce acoustic/electric and not because I can play it at all, but because of all the wonderful artists that were kind enough to sign it for me, including Joe. cool

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

Peavey T-60 in natural finish shortly after they first came out.

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

I have and '89 PRS Custom Standard I got new in the early 90's. Was a leftover model that nobody ever bought. Plays great and sounds amazing. Just always had a good feel to it. Not too wild about the PRS's currently since they have lost some of their mystique. -S

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

A Lyle W-460 acoustic, it's a Hummingbird replica I bought in '72 for $89.00. Still got it and the action and sound is still great. After 40 years I'd never part with this Gee-Tar.

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

Well, my first is a 2010 Fender CD60 named Rose, I'll never part with her. I have never paid over 300 for anything music wise, but I do treasure everything I have.

My name is Red. I like the Blues.

2009 Squier J-Bass, 2010 Fender CD-60, 2010 Ibanez Artcore AS-73, 2011 Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar SS Bass, 2011 Dillion Phoenix
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9 Reply by jclark42796 (edited by jclark42796 2012-02-09 09:15:52)

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

89 Les Paul Custom

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

dknight16 wrote:

Peavey T-60 in natural finish shortly after they first came out.

Peavey T-60 was a great guitar.....lots of unique features for it's time...a bit on the heavy side...

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

A Fernandes Les Paul, bought new in 1987. These guitars were also marketed as Burny

I still have it and play it in preference to my Gibson Les Paul Std. The guitar has recently been re-fretted, had a pair of Bare Knuckle Mules fitted to it and re-wired, 50's style, with new pots and caps. Knocks spots off the Gibson

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

My first guitar was a mini-acoustic Martin. I sold it and bought a Squier Strato. Which I sold and bought a SG. Still have it 4 years later, it's a good one!
Wish it was a Gibson , tho tongue

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

1977 Fender Stratocaster.

Bloody heavy....

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

airportdon wrote:

Peavey T-60 was a great guitar.....lots of unique features for it's time...a bit on the heavy side...

Haha.  Solid ash baby!  Yeah, they have some heft.

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

dknight16 wrote:
airportdon wrote:

Peavey T-60 was a great guitar.....lots of unique features for it's time...a bit on the heavy side...

Haha.  Solid ash baby!  Yeah, they have some heft.

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I still own my T-60 ....almost got rid of it...but changed my mind years ago....it's probably a 9/10 condition at least

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........
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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

airportdon wrote:

I still own my T-60 ....almost got rid of it...but changed my mind years ago....it's probably a 9/10 condition at least

Good one!  Wish I had kept mine (along with a few others).

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

dknight16 wrote:
airportdon wrote:

I still own my T-60 ....almost got rid of it...but changed my mind years ago....it's probably a 9/10 condition at least

Good one!  Wish I had kept mine (along with a few others).

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Yeah me too...we live & learn I guess

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........

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Re: What was your 1st good guitar

airportdon wrote:

Don't know if this has been posted before,so to all of the guitar slingers on the forum
what was your 1st good guitar when you started out...???

For me it was a 1971 Harmony Rebel...which I sold in 74 to buy my Gibson Sg with paper route money for 375.00

.
Funny thing on Monday I found the original receipt for that 74 Sg I still own...I paid a whopping 339.20  with Gibson hard case.
( 320 + 19.20 tax) in May 1974.....I don't know where the 375.00 came from...Pretty cool case candy !

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........