What was your first electric guitar?

Toogy · 12-11-2008, 12:33 PM

I went searching on the net for the first electric guitar I owned and found a picture of it. My parents bought it for me from Sears in about 1986 or 87. It had built in effects and everything! Too bad it didn't stay in tune worth crap and sounded like crap!

Here she is in all her glory! A Cort Effector!

slowhand0461 · 12-11-2008, 12:42 PM

A 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst...I hated it because It was heavy and I was pissed because my parents bought me a "used" guitar...traded it on a Hamer Explorer.....Yes I'm an Idiot.

Dino · 12-11-2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowhand0461

A 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst...I hated it because It was heavy and I was pissed because my parents bought me a "used" guitar...traded it on a Hamer Explorer.....Yes I'm an Idiot.

My first guitar was a Univox "Morsrite" copy.
It looked like the guitars The Ventures used to play.
I think it was called a "Hi Flier" model or something like that.

The neck on that guitar was incredible.
I wish I still had it.

auriemma · 12-11-2008, 12:54 PM

My first electric? My parents bought me a ~1971 Toyota E355 replica (cherry sunburst) to replace my Kingston 3/4 folk guitar when I was 7. It lasted 7 years. It died during a school Christmas concert and was replaced by my Bradley LPC. To this day, I'm sorry my dad traded it in for the Bradley. I have never seen another one since.

rickym · 12-11-2008, 01:39 PM

'75 Ibanez LP Custom copy. Here I am with it in '81 playing at Gazzari's in Hollywood CA.

GibsonSlash · 12-11-2008, 01:41 PM

Mine was a black washburn with single coil pickups, can't remember what year exactly. Bought used in early 90's.

All I remember that it was sounded like CRAP!

overdriver · 12-11-2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dino

My first guitar was a Univox "Morsrite" copy.
It looked like the guitars The Ventures used to play.
I think it was called a "Hi Flier" model or something like that.

The neck on that guitar was incredible.
I wish I still had it.

Nice one mine was a Hofner bought for me new late 67 jazz box single neck pup. I grew up banging on my brother 50s strats and ? Gibson custom LP. and I did drum on his Humming Bird I would flip it over and drum on the back. Maybe why the folks thought I needed a guitar of my own

blaze_022 · 12-11-2008, 02:22 PM

05 epiphone lespaul special 2
My first electric. Had acoustics before it tho.

northlight · 12-11-2008, 02:48 PM

Mine was a battered and bruised Hondo Doublecut, similar to the one below. I had it strung lefty and had a picture of Slashes Appetite for Destruction alter ego painted just behind the stopbar...It was a beast!

Toogy · 12-11-2008, 03:32 PM

I see a cort effector listed on ebay, I'm half tempted to buy it just for nostalgic reasons, but it really was so crappy sounding!

Loserface300 · 12-11-2008, 03:52 PM

one of those dumb starcaster strats that my mom bought from costco,

aftrer that broke, i got a ibanz jumpstart, and my Epi Les Pual, which i play alot!

StrangerNY · 12-11-2008, 03:59 PM

'63 Fender Mustang.

(The one in the pic is actually a '64, but it's pretty much the same guitar.)

I bought it from a guy I was in a band with, plus a small Fender amp, for $35.

This was back in prehistoric times, when vintage guitars weren't vintage yet.

- D

Ekoms · 12-11-2008, 04:05 PM

I had a POS johnson strat copy. 3-tone burst, ugly headstock, and an ash (or something) veneer top. I decided to refinish it at some point and to my suprise, it was just an alder body with a super thing ash veneer on top.

gearitis · 12-11-2008, 04:36 PM

A brand new '74 Mustang. Neither myself or any of my guitar playing friends wanted some old used guitar from the '60's or God forbid something really old and used from the '50's! Nope, we wanted brand new guitars!!!

However, there was one guy at school that cheaped out and bought a used six year old Les Paul from 1968 because he couldn't afford a new 1974 Les Paul.

Who knew?

slowhand0461 · 12-11-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gearitis

A brand new '74 Mustang. Neither myself or any of my guitar playing friends wanted some old used guitar from the '60's or God forbid something really old and used from the '50's! Nope, we wanted brand new guitars!!!

However, there was one guy at school that cheaped out and bought a used six year old Les Paul from 1968 because he couldn't afford a new 1974 Les Paul.

Who knew?

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowhand0461

A 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst...I hated it because It was heavy and I was pissed because my parents bought me a "used" guitar...traded it on a Hamer Explorer.....Yes I'm an Idiot.

I don't feel quite as bad now....Thanks

Juneya · 12-11-2008, 08:48 PM

Harmony Silhouette (aka Bobcat)

whytheflyband · 12-11-2008, 09:40 PM

I had a lucite strat copy made by Samick. Terrible guitar! haha soooooooooooo heavy!

lpplayer · 12-12-2008, 03:58 AM

My first was a JC Penney Christmas Catalog guitar...circa 1984 I believe. This was a package deal- a Harmony Les Paul copy with a Harmony 10 watt amp. The Les Paul was a copy of the Gibson "Firebrand" Les Paul- walnut brown, two black open coils, with the toggle down at the volume and tone controls, also had a belly carve. I still have the amp, but the guitar is long gone

Iceman0124 · 12-12-2008, 08:20 AM

Mine was a craptastic synsonic strat built in speaker toy that I begged them not to get me, unplayable, wouldnt hold tune and was just worthless. I took up bass soon after.

Demestrem · 12-12-2008, 10:09 AM

This was my first electric, a first act discovery FE 536, i currently am on my second and hoping to get a gibson les paul standard premium plus in cherry sunburst soon, my other one is a ocarschmidt OX series by washburn.

The picture of the washburn, thats me lying on the couch, my bands former bass player took that pic, he left cos he was too bossy, and there were lots of fights...

tintin · 12-12-2008, 10:14 AM

02 MIM Strat my brother gave me. He only plays acoustics now.

Ayrton · 12-12-2008, 11:46 PM

Kramer

Looked like this, but red.

zontar · 12-13-2008, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StrangerNY

'63 Fender Mustang.
I bought it from a guy I was in a band with, plus a small Fender amp, for $35.

This was back in prehistoric times, when vintage guitars weren't vintage yet.

- D

A 78 Mustang was my 3rd electric, and I paid more.
My first electric was this Les Paul copy--a Granada, made by Matsumoku and distributed via a variety of music schools-

jodymauk · 12-13-2008, 02:25 AM

a honeyburst hondo II,then later a 1984 american standard fender stratocaster,

lpplayer · 12-13-2008, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jodymauk

a honeyburst hondo II

A friend I used to jam with had a honeyburst Hondo Les Paul, played it thru a Fender Twin Reverb. I thought that guitar was the shit. I remember the screws in the polepieces were HUGE.

jodymauk · 12-13-2008, 04:57 AM

It had the belly carved back like a strat..very cumfy guitar. also known as one of"the lawsuit" copys...wish I still had it...

LiveOak · 12-13-2008, 01:12 PM

A used, 1966 Fender Jaguar. Still kicking myself for selling it years ago.

EtriX · 12-13-2008, 09:33 PM

My first was a JD Startcaster that I exchanged for a Epi SG-310 after a short while

backline · 12-13-2008, 09:57 PM

Kay electric like I've never seen again.
It looked similiar to this Harmony:
Harmony Guitars | The Original Harmony Guitar Company, Inc. | Quality Guitars Since 1892

Later I got a Univox Les Paul. That began the quest...

61LPSG · 12-13-2008, 11:24 PM

Mine was a brand spankin' new '64 Gretsch Anniversary model (6124?)...rare (and ugly) color...Jaguar Tan.

12-11-2008, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Toogy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,215 Thanks: 42 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	What was your first electric guitar? I went searching on the net for the first electric guitar I owned and found a picture of it. My parents bought it for me from Sears in about 1986 or 87. It had built in effects and everything! Too bad it didn't stay in tune worth crap and sounded like crap! Here she is in all her glory! A Cort Effector! What was your first electric guitar?

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slowhand0461 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wendell,NC USA Posts: 1,114 Thanks: 45 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: What was your first electric guitar? A 1973 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Sunburst...I hated it because It was heavy and I was pissed because my parents bought me a "used" guitar...traded it on a Hamer Explorer.....Yes I'm an Idiot. __________________ "Crank up the Drums...Crank up the Bass....Crank up My Les Paul in your Face" MOJO'd

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auriemma Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PA, USA Posts: 101 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What was your first electric guitar? My first electric? My parents bought me a ~1971 Toyota E355 replica (cherry sunburst) to replace my Kingston 3/4 folk guitar when I was 7. It lasted 7 years. It died during a school Christmas concert and was replaced by my Bradley LPC. To this day, I'm sorry my dad traded it in for the Bradley. I have never seen another one since. __________________ --- Joe --- Les Paul: '77 Bradley Les Paul Custom; '03 Michael Kelly Patriot Q; Fender: '69 Mustang Competition; '91 Stratocaster Plus (USA); '04 Squier Strat Affinity (indo) Ovation: '07 Elite-T 1868T; '95 Celebrity Deluxe CC257; '95 Balladeer 1751 12-string Bass: '08 Dean EABC

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Toogy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,215 Thanks: 42 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	Re: What was your first electric guitar? I see a cort effector listed on ebay, I'm half tempted to buy it just for nostalgic reasons, but it really was so crappy sounding!

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StrangerNY Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 5,070 Thanks: 16 Thanked 156 Times in 41 Posts	Re: What was your first electric guitar? '63 Fender Mustang. (The one in the pic is actually a '64, but it's pretty much the same guitar.) I bought it from a guy I was in a band with, plus a small Fender amp, for $35. This was back in prehistoric times, when vintage guitars weren't vintage yet. - D __________________ Bands, Present & Past: Nurse Diesel \| Diesel On MySpace \| Big Sky \| 20FTWide \| Solo Work \| Chronicles: The Clapton Project "I learned a long time ago that one note can go a long way if it's the right one, and it will probably whip the guy with 20 notes." - Les Paul "You were old the first time I signed you." - unnamed A&R guy to StrangerNY, 2000

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