Still have your first guitar?

[robey]

Yes, prewar Regal 00. 37 years.

[bufflehead]

1973 Guild D-25 that I'd bought new for $250. I played it hard for 35 years, and absolutely wore it out. When it finally became unplayable, I pretty much stopped playing for a couple of years until one day I had to wait for a brake job to get done at an auto shop across from a guitar store. Wandered into the store, played a Martin that blew me away, and bought it. Traded the Guild away to a colleague a couple months later, and never looked back.

[L20A]

I don't have it and I don't want it.
It was a 1960's Stella all plywood painted 3/4 size POS.
It could not be fretted or played in tune from day one.

In 1970 I got an all laminated Yamaha with rosewood sides and back.
That was a great guitar. Chipboard case.
Not knowing anything about proper care for a guitar, I put the thing through hell. It was with me at Basic Training and all all my camping trips for several years.

It developed some loose braces and started to make funny sounds.
I took it back to the dealer where it was purchased and was given full value towards a solid top Yamaha.
The old all laminated guitar was a lot better guitar so I let that one go to.

[preecher]

My first guitar was a Kay with Western style double pickguards and the back was branded with a vine like pattern. The top looked like mahogany. It was my Christmas present in 1977. My father paid $87 for it from the Western Auto store in our town. It got destroyed in the early 90's. Even though I now own too many guitars including three Martins I wanted to find another Kay like that one. It took two years of searching but I found one in New Hampshire. I paid $150 for it . I spent another chunk on repairs. She doesn't sound as good as the other guitars in the closet but she brings back so many memories when played.

[Bob Womack]

I still have it. It is a 1970 Silvertone Classical my parents ordered for me.




I've literally played the frets off it. It resides in a closet.


Bob

[Steadfastly]

Which one you asking about, the plastic Sears one my Dad bought me when I was 3 or the S & P I bought when I was in my 40's?

[preecher]

I can't believe I just said that I have too many guitars. Please don't tell my wife I said that!

[RichardP]

Yes, I still have the 1950 Martin D18 my dad bought new. Learned on it...still play it. It is still sounds better than I play.
Richard

[LadysSolo]

Still have it, no name guitar I bought with baby-sitting money back in the 1960's. Paid $25.00 for it (I think.) Still sounds okay, but far from great.

[colder]

If I saw my first guitar, an inexpensive late 90s Alvarez, in local craiglist or something I would buy it instantly.

But i know that it probably wouldn't get any play, would quickly end up back in a closet, when it should be out there helping someone else learn.

So, yeah I would love to see it again, but I don't need it again.

[pukematrix]

My Mom surprised me for my 18th birthday with an Oscar Schmidt OM. It's all laminate and was relatively inexpensive by today's standards, though not an insignificant amount of money for our family at the time. I still have it, 25 years on.

Austin

[strat4me]

First one came off Amazon for $126. I learned chords, how to do set-ups, change strings, adjust truss rod, lower saddle, etc from that baby. Still as pretty as ever - just not played as often. I actually have it given over now to a student at a Job Corps center where I teach part-time. He's more of a natural then me but I love guitar, despite my limited ability with it (them - the fam).

[Wild Bill Jones]

Yup. Still have my 1973 Ovation FolkLore bought in...wait for it...1973. Haven’t looked at it for a while and now I must.

[Tuffblue]

I still have the Suzuki steel string guitar my parents bought me after pestering them for years to take lessons. That was 1966.

[_zedagive]

Yes, still have my $80 Yamaha classical for 30+ years. Don't play it at all anymore, but so glad I got it starting with it and taking classical guitar lessons. Learning to read music and finger picking has served me very well as I now play 90% fingerstyle and the picking patters come easy after having practiced all those arpeggios for so many years. Also when playing a strumming song, using my nails instead of a pick allows for mixing both strumming and fingerstyle together which adds another dimension that I really like messing around with.