What was your first electric guitar?

[G_jeffers]

I had an H 77 in yellow sunburst 3 pickups and Bigsby. One I’d like to have back.

[Golffishny]

My uncle gave me an old Kay Twin Thin with no tuners, nut or bridge. Put it all together and played it about 10 years until I went in the service and my brother took it apart to see what was inside. Parts were lost and life went on. Wish I still had it.

[MC5C]

I was about 12 years old, a Vox teardrop copy Japanese made, maybe Tiesco Del Ray. The teardrop body was obnoxious, I made a telecaster body for it. It was actually quite a good guitar, got me through grade 11. Grade 12 had a summer job, bought a 1968 Gibson SG Standard with the Vibrola. Paid $12 for the Teardrop, probably worth $1,000 now. Paid $350 (two weeks wage) for the SG, now worth around $10,000. Have no recollection of selling either of them, but I obviously did.

[jricc]

Originally Posted by G_jeffers

My first electric was the Sears/Danelectro amp in the case. My Dad raffled off one of his shotguns at the factory to pay for it. I still have it. I had it restored. I had butchered it extensively as a youth. Gary

Ah yes! My same first electric with amp/case. Mine was in the burgundy sparkle finish. I see you still have the footswitch, very cool, I sold it about 3 years ago.
The restoration looks real nice!

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by G_jeffers

I had an H77 in yellow sunburst, 3 pickups and Bigsby. One I’d like to have back.

Good news - it's been resurrected by Eastwood, and better-made (hardware, electronics, neck profile, fretwork) to boot:



https://eastwoodguitars.com/collecti...nt=34599833668

[G_jeffers]

That’s pretty much it!!!

[redir]

I built my first electric guitar. It was the first guitar I ever built and I still have it though it's just been in it's case for years. I built the case too

I should pull that old thing out and play it.

[6L6]

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty”.

[bls82261]

I bought this when it was 6 months old.
1979 SG2000.
I still have it.

[nightchef]

A terrible, terrible Kent. Something like this:



I remember that it was impossible to get in tune (of course at 12, I knew nothing about any of the ways that could be addressed), and that was just as well because it was one more excuse not to inflict its muddy, unpleasant tone on anyone.

My first "real" electric was a Hohner Les Paul copy:



Still nothing to write home about, but you could make music with it.

[G_jeffers]

Originally Posted by 6L6

1983 Gibson Les Paul Custom “Black Beauty”.

That’s a whole lot of guitar! GJ

[ghostnote]

Mine was a Telecaster clone, I don't even remember the brand now, or what became of it. But it was white, had an ashtray bridge cover, and it was beautiful. I used to just stare at it for long periods of time, thinking how cool it was. I kind of wish I still had it, now that I'm an experienced player, so I would know for sure whether it was a piece of junk (likely), or a hidden gem (unlikely).

[G_jeffers]

This was a burgundy sparkle guitar that I stripped. It acquired Dakota red during restoration. I ok’ed it. That original finish would have been hard to replicate. GJ

[G_jeffers]

Originally Posted by G_jeffers

This was a burgundy sparkle guitar that I stripped. It acquired Dakota red during restoration. I ok’ed it. That original finish would have been hard to replicate. GJ

See Sears/Danelectro post above

[CoryB]

I think my first electric was some sort of Sears guitar that was used when I got it. I remember that it was scratched and chipped so I stripped it and refinished it with a dark brown stain and a couple of coats of clear.

It looked abominable but better than it had.

About a year later I pestered my father into getting me a better guitar - I was 15 at the time (early 1974.) He found a used 1972 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty Custom in the local trading post paper and we went and got that.

The brown Sears was sold cheap to a friend and I still have the Les Paul.