First Guitar / Amp ?

[Norrin Radd]

First guitar - a black LP Custom.......copy by Hondo II!!

And first amp - a Peavey Decade 10w ss amp.

No wonder it took me a looooong time to really pick up the guitar and practice!

 

[jongitarz]

Gibson ES125 and an Epiphone amp my Dad bought for me when I was 5. He mostly played it until the Beatles came around, and I was hooked!

 

[thindave]

A Fender Music Master - wish I still had it...
Peavey Bandit 65 (I think) - I had a smaller amp, but I forget what the heck it was...

 

[hepkat]

I'm new here, first post

First Guitar: 1963 Jazzmaster

First Amp: Silverface Princeton Reverb

Bought the pair off of an aging hippie in 1977 for $200.00, wish I still had 'em both!

Second Guitar: 68 Strat (traded for a ric 330)

Second Amp: Ampeg VT-22 (dropped on foot one too many times, went back to Princeton Reverb and an sm57!)

Approx. 45 guitars later, awaiting delivery of my third EB/MM, an Axis Sport MM90

 

[Sub1 Zero]

Squier Stratpack baby!!! pickups and input crapped out on me

 

[mhorse]

Hmm
Ibanez beginner pack - AX15 guitar (double cuts, stop bridge) and ToneBlaster 15 amp + Ibanez Tone-Lock Fuzz. Amp was crappy and soon gave way to used ToneBlaster 30 (which was a much better amp, pretty good for a solid state). Guitar was actually not bad at all for the price.

 

[Hutch4545]

1st Guitar: '73 Stratocaster

1st Real Guitar: EBMM EVH


1st Amp: '76 Marshall

 

[zenmba]

First guitar - Hohner Strat copy - I eventually I disassembled it

First amp - Peavey Backstage 30 - closely followed by a lovely Kustom Bass head & cab. You may remember these, they had sparkly padded vinyl upholstery!

 

[SteveB]

My first guitar was an old Stella acoustic that my grandfather gave me.

First electric was a Harmony guitar from the 60's or 70's (again from grandfather.. it had been my uncle's). Looked a little bit like the Albert Lee now that I think of it!

The amp that I received with that first electric was a no-name, I think. It may have been a Harmony amp, if they made amps. It may have been homemade.. I don't know. By the time I received it, the outside was covered with contact paper that looked like a brown paper bag. It was a tube amp with a single knob that powered it on and controlled the volume. Had a single speaker around 5 to 8 inches.. and it was an open-back.

I don't know what happened to any of these items. They disappeared at some point growing up.. probably went out for trash.

From this stuff I later graduated to a Hondo II Les Paul copy!

 

[Junior]

I still have it. Squier Affinity Strat.

 

[Luc]

Hm, my first guitar was a brandless acoustic my aunt gave me. Terrible guitar, but hey, when you're like 8 years old you don't complain.

After that an Alhambra acoustic, after that my first electric guitar, the OLP MM1.

 

[Katana6506]

This is an ESP/LTD MH-50.

Went to this:

(1981 Ovation Breadwinner Limited)

I then got the JP6.

I still own all three. My first amp was/is a Crate GT212.

 

[puppyonacid]

My first electric was an Encore Hunter. I think it's supposed to be a super strat copy. It's in pieces gathering dust under my bed. I'm going to give it my girlfriends little boy when he's old enough if he shows an interest. My first amp was a 10 watt prince practice amp. Sounds like a bee stuck in a shoebox. I used that amp on the clip i posted yesterday cos its the only one i have here. My others are at my gf's or at the rehersal room. bla bla bla. Cant bring myself to get rid but nobody would want them anyway!

 

[Jonny Dubai]

1st guitar was a Hondo II strat copy.

1st amp 15w Tramp (think it was made by Trace Elliiot)


Jonny

 

[Spudmurphy]

I'm new here, first post

First Guitar: 1963 Jazzmaster

First Amp: Silverface Princeton Reverb

Bought the pair off of an aging hippie in 1977 for $200.00, wish I still had 'em both!

Second Guitar: 68 Strat (traded for a ric 330)

Second Amp: Ampeg VT-22 (dropped on foot one too many times, went back to Princeton Reverb and an sm57!)

Approx. 45 guitars later, awaiting delivery of my third EB/MM, an Axis Sport MM90

Welcome to the madhouse !! Hope you post lots of threads and generally join in.
I wish I had that '63 Jazzmaster !!
Spud

 

[jabba]

First guitar - Rogue strat copy...sunburst with maple neck & fingerboard....bought at Long & McQuade in Winnipeg

First amp - Traynor 50 watts......made the mistake of lending it to a guy I worked with who later pawned it......a lesson learned

 

[Ali]

First acoustic guitar was a Hohner Arbor LW400N. Bought for £69 from a catalogue and still got it!

First electric, which I bought with my first ever paypacket, was a used bright red Washburn KC40V with a Seymour bridge and Dimarzio middle and neck p/ups. Loved that guitar but ended up trading it.

First amp was bought with the guitar. I had £250, the guitar was £200 so only had £50 to pay for a heap of junk Hohner Panther practice amp. They had a special offer on...I wish they hadn't!!!


After the Washburn I also got an 89 Jem 777VBK which I then traded, along with the Washburn, for a Universe 777PBK, which I hated after 6 months and sold to purchase my Luke. I then added the Axis within 3 months of buying the Luke, so bowled over was I with the quality. What next? Well, Luke and Axis are staying. Would love to track down a Valley Arts Lukather Robot but that seems to be highly unlikely. Do fancy a Tyler at some point, and also a Y2D and possibly a Pet.

 

[kbaim]

I don't even know the name of it, but I started on a small acoustic guitar my mother owned. Took beginning guitar lessons from some place in the San Fernando Valley called...*gulp*----- "EVERY WOMAN'S VILLAGE." On Sepulveda Blvd. in Van Nuys.

*cool story*
I hadn't seen or thought of that guitar in like 25 or 30 years. Then on the day of my mom's funeral last year we all end up back at my parents house and I was putting away people's coats in a guest closet.

I look down and there's the guitar!. Talk about seeing an old friend at the perfect time.

One of those really powerful moments that seem to just blindside you and at the same time make you feel connected to something much, much larger.

 

[Junior]

Wow that's a cool story kbaim. Sorry to hear about your mother, though. Rest in peace.

 

[Spudmurphy]

*cool story*

+1 - thanks for sharing.
Spud