What was your first good electric Guitar? - Page 2

RiverRatt · 06-22-2008, 12:53 AM

You guys are making me feel old. I traded a Tiesco Del Rey and a Framus 335 copy for a daphne blue Fender Mustang with a maple fingerboard that a local pawn shop couldn't get rid of fast enough. I'd love to have that one back. I learned my first Angus Young licks on that thing. Then the 80's happened and I traded it for an Ibanez Roadstar with a Kahler. No pics of the Fender, but I still have one of the Ibanez.

Here's a picture of my LAST good guitar. I think I'm done for awhile.

BYoung · 06-22-2008, 03:27 AM

My first guitar was a Victoria single pickup model from Montgomery Wards $20.00. My first GOOD guitar was a 1967 Fender Stratocaster that I wish I still had.

JohnH · 07-19-2008, 06:48 PM

This is my '76 Shergold Masquerader which I've had since 1978 and will never sell.

Shergold were a small English maker in the '70s and early 80's. Its a bit quirky, with wild switching with coils cuts and out of phase options on both pickups, excellent slim hand-carved maple neck with zero fret, and unusually large humbuckers.

The sound is very clear and clean - great for fingerstyle and light overdrive.

At the time, I could afford the masq, or
a not very good Strat copy and I made the right choice.

John

MR_NITRO · 07-20-2008, 05:09 PM

My First descent guitar was my 1978 Gibson Flying V. It was cream and I loved it so much.. but I sadly had so sell it to pay the bills when I lost my job.... I also had to get rid of my Marshall 2150 powercell combo . . at the time the V went for £300, and the amp went for £180... Sad times... Perhaps thats why I'm a bass player now!!

radiomatts · 07-21-2008, 12:49 AM

My first good guitar was a 1977 Gibson Flying V. I thought I was so cool, because Paul Stanley still used them before the Ibanez Iceman. My next cool guitar was a 1981 Gibson Les Paul Standard in tobacco sunburst. I moved on to wanting to be Ace Frehley then. Funny thing was, the owner of the guitar store offered me the Silver Anniversary Fender Strat, and I PASSED ON IT. That guitar would have bought me at least one MORE Les Paul today.

I still have both of those great guitars and nothing sounds better than they do.

joey · 08-03-2008, 03:55 PM

Myu frst "good" guitar was my Fender Talon. This was a joint effort between
Ibanez and Fender to produce a killer axe at great prices. Made in the same
plant all high end Ibanez got made. Problem was with Fender... they didnt
advertise this line the proper way.

Fender used top notch parts on these guitars... Floyd Rose Pro, Dimarzio's (what
later became Super3's and the Evo neck if i remember correctly). They play incredibly
and sound killer in ANY situation. They also offered 7 models of these... the top end
(talon V) shown below is pretty an upgraded Ibanez RG 770. I bought this one new in
1992 for $1400 inc OHSC.

omikl · 08-07-2008, 11:32 AM

Mine was a Made in Japan Kimbara Strat copy that I got for my 18th birthday from my parents. They were made in the same factory that Fender later used for their models.

I still have it but it got a Kahler in the mid 80's

The Kimbara was followed by an Ibanez Moderne copy that I bought at Kitchen's Music in Leeds, half price to clear. It's a '74 (= no serial No.) and is currently leaning against the wall about four feet to my right

Unmodified by very very well worn.

st.bede · 08-11-2008, 12:05 AM

LP custom...(before that it was a aria knight warrior and, before that I found an electric no name guitar on a street.....Sepulveda Boulevard in LA)

omikl · 08-14-2008, 11:53 PM

The Kimbara:

The Futurist (Moderne copy):

BoD · 08-15-2008, 11:53 AM

My first good guitar was a 1977 Gibson RD ARTIST which I still have. These came with MOOG electronics. I never really liked the sound of it but it played so good I just couldn't get rid of it. I eventually put in a Gibson 500T in the bridge and boxed up the originals.
I am now so glad that I kept this machine because it has since become very collectable. I rarely see these for sale, but you can find find 1 on EBAY every once in a while.
I need to find the matching Bass now.

Robertf · 08-17-2008, 06:08 PM

Probably not everyones cup of tea on this board, but here's my first really good one...

1968 Rickenbacker 330/6. The amp is a '65 Deluxe Reverb. Wish I still had both of them. I had owned the guitar for about 3 years when the pic was taken and the color had faded noticeably already.

number1984 · 08-21-2008, 02:59 PM

Jackson Bolt on #1022, the twenty second one made out of san dimas. Cost $1100 bucks back in the 80's, still sounds great through the marshall model#1987

satchfan · 08-21-2008, 06:32 PM

After trying to learn on a 'Woolworths Special' my first good guitar was a 70s Yamaha SG 30

Steve

steelhorse · 08-22-2008, 05:52 AM

About 30 years or so ago my ex gave me an American made strat in mint condition for Christmas. She did this completely out of the blue because she knew I wanted an electric but didn't know where to start.

I never should have gotten rid of her.

The guitar AND the wife!

rocker67 · 09-19-2008, 02:06 PM

My first good elcetric guitar was a Kramer Berreta U.S.A made. Damn good guitar. Was very easy to play. I had purchased it back in 1988. Unfortunately, it was stolen.

poeman33 · 09-19-2008, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocker67

My first good elcetric guitar was a Kramer Berreta U.S.A made. Damn good guitar. Was very easy to play. I had purchased it back in 1988. Unfortunately, it was stolen.

I ordered one of those when they first came out. 84-85 I think. It became my main stage guitar. It had one really good humbucker as the only pickup, and I added a Dimarzio HS-1 in the neck position. With the Floyd Rose and those two pickups...(and the Marshall of course)...I was all set for the eighties

Coolguy · 09-19-2008, 04:08 PM

Must've been a 2000 MiM HSS Stratocaster.
The pickups were alot hotter back then.

I kept it with me ever since and has been upgraded a few times.
At the moment it has an EMG Kirk Hammet setup, Locking Schaller Tuners and an LSR nut.

I still use it quite alot.

Metallon · 09-21-2008, 01:55 PM

My first good electric guitar? Certainly not my very first guitar (which was an Epiphone LP Special-II). My second guitar (and currently my favorite) is my Jackson RR3 Rhoads (see attachment). I need to get the strings replaced to skinny top heavy bottom strings by Ernie Ball.

Werner Sommer · 09-22-2008, 03:18 AM

My first electric was a Hofner hollow-body, a copy of a Gibson L-5. THEN, after relentlessly begging my parents, they caved and bought me a '74 cherry sunburst 20th anniversary Gibson Les Paul Custom. Sold it a few years later to a guy in Long Island, so I could buy a 1970 Gibson Medallion V.

Metallon · 09-22-2008, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Werner Sommer

My first electric was a Hofner hollow-body, a copy of a Gibson L-5. THEN, after relentlessly begging my parents, they caved and bought me a '74 cherry sunburst 20th anniversary Gibson Les Paul Custom. Sold it a few years later to a guy in Long Island, so I could buy a 1970 Gibson Medallion V.

I had to fight with my parents for 2 days to convince them to let me buy a bass guitar + amp. And I had to pay for it myself.

Some of you are lucky f******! :P

Keefoman · 09-22-2008, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joey

Myu frst "good" guitar was my Fender Talon. This was a joint effort between
Ibanez and Fender to produce a killer axe at great prices. Made in the same
plant all high end Ibanez got made. Problem was with Fender... they didnt
advertise this line the proper way.

Fender used top notch parts on these guitars... Floyd Rose Pro, Dimarzio's (what
later became Super3's and the Evo neck if i remember correctly). They play incredibly
and sound killer in ANY situation. They also offered 7 models of these... the top end
(talon V) shown below is pretty an upgraded Ibanez RG 770. I bought this one new in
1992 for $1400 inc OHSC.

Weren't these mainly marketed as 'Heartfield' ?

kevink · 10-04-2008, 03:17 PM

A `63 or 4 SG special with a fender princeton reverb for $225. And that was to much back in 1965. Just luck, no skill involved. I really, really wish I never sold ANY guitars but nobody had a crystal ball....

guitarweasel · 10-05-2008, 01:59 PM

A 1960 Double Cut Les Paul Jr. Paid $ 150.00 for it in 1965...........got stolen in 1972.

ProfChaos · 10-15-2008, 01:01 AM

A black '78 Fender Telecaster Deluxe with a maple neck.

psphill27 · 10-18-2008, 09:58 PM

My first good guitar was a Gibson Flying V that I bought in 1984 and used during my metal days. Sounded great, but I off loaded it in 1987 to buy a custom painted Kramer Beretta with a Floyd and Seymour Duncan JB in it. Man that guitar rocked! I don't have either one of them anymore. Totally a Les Paul guy now and have three of them. Life is good.

Les Pauls and Marshalls...you can take over the world with that!

alx · 10-21-2008, 07:41 PM

my first was a cheap strat copy.
i then got an ibanez pgm. yes, a pgm. i was young.
i then traded it for a cij fender jazzmaster, which i still have, play and love.
answering the topic title question, my first good electric guitar was my beloved jazzmaster.

sojatriani · 10-21-2008, 08:48 PM

Charvel Blueburst San Dimas just like Jake E. Lee!!!! Saved all summer for that guitar. It was stolen in 89.

steelhorse · 10-30-2008, 10:51 PM

My best gear from back in the day never got stolen in the classical sense, I had to sell it to pay off my ex in the divorce settlement.

Mase947 · 11-01-2008, 02:03 AM

40th Anniversary Stratocaster. Black with mother of pearl pick guard. It was my first guitar and remains my favorite... Probably always will be.

JAC · 10-20-2009, 04:04 AM

Mine is a 1978 black Fender Mustang with a rosewood neck. I still have it and the hard case with the red fuzz light lining inside. I purchased it through employee sales at CBS Musical Instruments, I got an employee 40% discount on it. It's still a great guitar to this very day. Back then it was my only guitar and I play it through a pignose amp!

06-22-2008, 12:53 AM	#31 (permalink)
RiverRatt Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Between Memphis and Nashville Posts: 517	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? You guys are making me feel old. I traded a Tiesco Del Rey and a Framus 335 copy for a daphne blue Fender Mustang with a maple fingerboard that a local pawn shop couldn't get rid of fast enough. I'd love to have that one back. I learned my first Angus Young licks on that thing. Then the 80's happened and I traded it for an Ibanez Roadstar with a Kahler. No pics of the Fender, but I still have one of the Ibanez. Here's a picture of my LAST good guitar. I think I'm done for awhile.

06-22-2008, 03:27 AM	#32 (permalink)
BYoung Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 11	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first guitar was a Victoria single pickup model from Montgomery Wards $20.00. My first GOOD guitar was a 1967 Fender Stratocaster that I wish I still had.

07-19-2008, 06:48 PM	#33 (permalink)
JohnH Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 640	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? This is my '76 Shergold Masquerader which I've had since 1978 and will never sell. Shergold were a small English maker in the '70s and early 80's. Its a bit quirky, with wild switching with coils cuts and out of phase options on both pickups, excellent slim hand-carved maple neck with zero fret, and unusually large humbuckers. The sound is very clear and clean - great for fingerstyle and light overdrive. At the time, I could afford the masq, or a not very good Strat copy and I made the right choice. John

07-20-2008, 05:09 PM	#34 (permalink)
MR_NITRO Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My First descent guitar was my 1978 Gibson Flying V. It was cream and I loved it so much.. but I sadly had so sell it to pay the bills when I lost my job.... I also had to get rid of my Marshall 2150 powercell combo . . at the time the V went for £300, and the amp went for £180... Sad times... Perhaps thats why I'm a bass player now!!

07-21-2008, 12:49 AM	#35 (permalink)
radiomatts Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 63	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first good guitar was a 1977 Gibson Flying V. I thought I was so cool, because Paul Stanley still used them before the Ibanez Iceman. My next cool guitar was a 1981 Gibson Les Paul Standard in tobacco sunburst. I moved on to wanting to be Ace Frehley then. Funny thing was, the owner of the guitar store offered me the Silver Anniversary Fender Strat, and I PASSED ON IT. That guitar would have bought me at least one MORE Les Paul today. I still have both of those great guitars and nothing sounds better than they do.

08-03-2008, 03:55 PM	#36 (permalink)
joey Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 18	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Myu frst "good" guitar was my Fender Talon. This was a joint effort between Ibanez and Fender to produce a killer axe at great prices. Made in the same plant all high end Ibanez got made. Problem was with Fender... they didnt advertise this line the proper way. Fender used top notch parts on these guitars... Floyd Rose Pro, Dimarzio's (what later became Super3's and the Evo neck if i remember correctly). They play incredibly and sound killer in ANY situation. They also offered 7 models of these... the top end (talon V) shown below is pretty an upgraded Ibanez RG 770. I bought this one new in 1992 for $1400 inc OHSC.

08-07-2008, 11:32 AM	#37 (permalink)
omikl Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 21	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Mine was a Made in Japan Kimbara Strat copy that I got for my 18th birthday from my parents. They were made in the same factory that Fender later used for their models. I still have it but it got a Kahler in the mid 80's The Kimbara was followed by an Ibanez Moderne copy that I bought at Kitchen's Music in Leeds, half price to clear. It's a '74 (= no serial No.) and is currently leaning against the wall about four feet to my right Unmodified by very very well worn.

08-11-2008, 12:05 AM	#38 (permalink)
st.bede Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 166	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? LP custom...(before that it was a aria knight warrior and, before that I found an electric no name guitar on a street.....Sepulveda Boulevard in LA) __________________ Peace: is not the lack of dischord but an active process that transforms the present dischord into harmony through reverence "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "Go easy and, if you can't go easy, go as easy as you can" Jennifer Stone....(from KPFA Cover to Cover)

08-14-2008, 11:53 PM	#39 (permalink)
omikl Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 21	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? The Kimbara: The Futurist (Moderne copy):

08-15-2008, 11:53 AM	#40 (permalink)
BoD Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Del Rio TX. Posts: 35	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first good guitar was a 1977 Gibson RD ARTIST which I still have. These came with MOOG electronics. I never really liked the sound of it but it played so good I just couldn't get rid of it. I eventually put in a Gibson 500T in the bridge and boxed up the originals. I am now so glad that I kept this machine because it has since become very collectable. I rarely see these for sale, but you can find find 1 on EBAY every once in a while. I need to find the matching Bass now. __________________ Gibson+Marshall=Large amounts of ROCK!

08-17-2008, 06:08 PM	#41 (permalink)
Robertf Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 16	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Probably not everyones cup of tea on this board, but here's my first really good one... 1968 Rickenbacker 330/6. The amp is a '65 Deluxe Reverb. Wish I still had both of them. I had owned the guitar for about 3 years when the pic was taken and the color had faded noticeably already.

08-21-2008, 02:59 PM	#42 (permalink)
number1984 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Jackson Bolt on #1022, the twenty second one made out of san dimas. Cost $1100 bucks back in the 80's, still sounds great through the marshall model#1987

08-21-2008, 06:32 PM	#43 (permalink)
satchfan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nr Manchester England Posts: 100	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? After trying to learn on a 'Woolworths Special' my first good guitar was a 70s Yamaha SG 30 Steve __________________ Never sell your vintage Marshall Valve...... You'll regret it for the rest of your life

08-22-2008, 05:52 AM	#44 (permalink)
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,886	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? About 30 years or so ago my ex gave me an American made strat in mint condition for Christmas. She did this completely out of the blue because she knew I wanted an electric but didn't know where to start. I never should have gotten rid of her. The guitar AND the wife!

09-19-2008, 02:06 PM	#45 (permalink)
rocker67 Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: California Posts: 35	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first good elcetric guitar was a Kramer Berreta U.S.A made. Damn good guitar. Was very easy to play. I had purchased it back in 1988. Unfortunately, it was stolen.

09-19-2008, 04:08 PM	#47 (permalink)
Coolguy Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Belgium, Flanders Posts: 7	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Must've been a 2000 MiM HSS Stratocaster. The pickups were alot hotter back then. I kept it with me ever since and has been upgraded a few times. At the moment it has an EMG Kirk Hammet setup, Locking Schaller Tuners and an LSR nut. I still use it quite alot.

09-22-2008, 03:18 AM	#49 (permalink)
Werner Sommer Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first electric was a Hofner hollow-body, a copy of a Gibson L-5. THEN, after relentlessly begging my parents, they caved and bought me a '74 cherry sunburst 20th anniversary Gibson Les Paul Custom. Sold it a few years later to a guy in Long Island, so I could buy a 1970 Gibson Medallion V.

10-04-2008, 03:17 PM	#52 (permalink)
kevink Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 14	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? A `63 or 4 SG special with a fender princeton reverb for $225. And that was to much back in 1965. Just luck, no skill involved. I really, really wish I never sold ANY guitars but nobody had a crystal ball....

10-05-2008, 01:59 PM	#53 (permalink)
guitarweasel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burbs of Chicago Posts: 146	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? A 1960 Double Cut Les Paul Jr. Paid $ 150.00 for it in 1965...........got stolen in 1972. __________________ Age and wisdom will beat youth and craftiness every time. www.guitarweasel.com

10-15-2008, 01:01 AM	#54 (permalink)
ProfChaos Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St. Pete Beach, FL Posts: 22	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? A black '78 Fender Telecaster Deluxe with a maple neck.

10-18-2008, 09:58 PM	#55 (permalink)
psphill27 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 270	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My first good guitar was a Gibson Flying V that I bought in 1984 and used during my metal days. Sounded great, but I off loaded it in 1987 to buy a custom painted Kramer Beretta with a Floyd and Seymour Duncan JB in it. Man that guitar rocked! I don't have either one of them anymore. Totally a Les Paul guy now and have three of them. Life is good. Les Pauls and Marshalls...you can take over the world with that!

10-21-2008, 07:41 PM	#56 (permalink)
alx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? my first was a cheap strat copy. i then got an ibanez pgm. yes, a pgm. i was young. i then traded it for a cij fender jazzmaster, which i still have, play and love. answering the topic title question, my first good electric guitar was my beloved jazzmaster.

10-21-2008, 08:48 PM	#57 (permalink)
sojatriani Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 279	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Charvel Blueburst San Dimas just like Jake E. Lee!!!! Saved all summer for that guitar. It was stolen in 89. __________________ Marshall 92 JCM 900 4101/running thru 1936 212 cab Marshall 2008 Vintage Modern half stack 1975 VOX AC30 with extension cab Peavey Classic 50 212 combo Peavey Triple XXX 212 combo '85 Les paul '74 strat 2002 American Deluxe Strat/Fat 50's 2004 Richie Sambora Strat 1997 USA Roadhouse Strat 1992 Ibanez RG 550 1996 ESP Eclipse

10-30-2008, 10:51 PM	#58 (permalink)
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,886	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? My best gear from back in the day never got stolen in the classical sense, I had to sell it to pay off my ex in the divorce settlement. __________________ www.ricojronline.com 760-956-6619 Garmopat Pedal Mods "I wouldn't mind hearing your head smash through a glass door. That would be cool..." luekmeyer

11-01-2008, 02:03 AM	#59 (permalink)
Mase947 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 91	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? 40th Anniversary Stratocaster. Black with mother of pearl pick guard. It was my first guitar and remains my favorite... Probably always will be. __________________ I dont know these guys but they are my new favorite. http://www.mixposure.com/THUNDERHEAD/music.php

10-20-2009, 04:04 AM	#60 (permalink)
JAC Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: South Orange County, Ca. Posts: 7	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Mine is a 1978 black Fender Mustang with a rosewood neck. I still have it and the hard case with the red fuzz light lining inside. I purchased it through employee sales at CBS Musical Instruments, I got an employee 40% discount on it. It's still a great guitar to this very day. Back then it was my only guitar and I play it through a pignose amp!

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