What was your first electric?

[Guithartic]

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Might have the bottom half of the shirt cut off too? Who didn’t?

 

[Elmore1]

A 1970 routed Les Paul Deluxe. I cut a lot of yards, and my dad helped me. I still have it and that rectangular case. Great guitar.

 

[feldkeen]

Bottom line Yamaha Pacifica S-type. Nice guitar

 

[Sarnodude]

A late 70's Japanese El Degas guitar.
It was a copy of a tele.. piece of junk with terribly high action. Tuners were hopeless as well. If you see one for sale run away.... run far away...

 

[Guithartic]

Squier Strat. Black with white pick-guard. By the time I’d sold it, I’d fitted a Kahler Spyder, locking top nut, and some di-marzio humbucker.

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And you got the girl.

 

[Stu78]

One of these, with the system 1 trem

 

[jackblues]

Musima Deluxe 25.

 

[Guithartic]

I had a Takamine GX100 in blue burst, about 1986, pretty cool explorer style. Think they got sued by Gibson over it too.

That should be a collector’s item now.

 

[Strat-Slinger]

My 1st official guit-fiddel was an earlyn 80's Ibanez Blazer... clear poly over a pretty decent Ash body.. Maple neck and board.. it was a good guitar... This one's not mine (it's long gone many moons ago)... but, it was the same finish, hardware, etc... If I stumble across one of these today I'd be very inclined to nab it... they play and sound good!

 

[marksound]

Alamo Fury, but mine was white with a black guard. It's long gone, but I have another one put away for a future resto.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Mine was a Norma, ordered by mail from the Montgomery Wards catalog.

 

[s5tuart]

Mine was a Norma, ordered by mail from the Montgomery Wards catalog.

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Pickup, switch and knob heaven!!!!

 

[Swamp_Thang]

Electa Strat copy. They were made by Fujigen Gakki for the Australian market. I still have it.

 

[Oldiemurphy]

Same as the OP: Sears/Dano 1449 guitar with amp built into the guitar case. Christmas present from the parents. Cool idea but in reality a fairly unplayable guitar (for a beginner) and a toy amp. Returned and got the similarly priced Sears/Harmony electric (guitar only) that I’d actually asked Santa for.

Plugged it into a record player that had a mic input and got an always-overloaded tone that only sounded right when playing the ‘Satisfaction’ riff or You Really Got Me, which turned out to be just fine.

Fantastic. Same basic story for me. Couldn't get the Dano to stay in tune. I wired a Garrard turntable to one input of my crappy amp, plugged in to the other so I could "play along." Ha!

 

[Tone Quest]

At the young age of 13, I got my first electric guitar. It was a no name brand solid body with one pickup in it. I was thrilled! That was in 1967.

 

[fos1]

My first was an early 70s Cherry Red SG. I loved that guitar.

Didn't make it through a house fire in 1990.

 

[Namelyguitar]

Les Paul copy, and it was quite good. That one was traded up for a greatish bass.

 

[GutWrench]

Ibanez RoadStar II in black with all maple neck and whammy bar. It was a nice unit. Wish I still had it.