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View Poll Results: Do you still have your first professional quality guitar? | |||
Yes, I do. | 121 | 61.11% | |
No, that’s long gone. | 77 | 38.89% | |
Voters: 198. You may not vote on this poll |
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I still have my Gallagher G70 from 1975, my first real one. But it does not get played and I need to find a future home for it!
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This thread has been fascinating to read, with a far higher percentage of people reporting that they still have their first good guitar than I would have predicted. It’s holding steady at about 60%, which is amazing.
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Yes and no. First professional classical? Yes I still have that. First pro steel string? Unfortunately not. It was an HD-28LSV. I played it as the sometimes-guitarist in a bluegrass band (I mainly played mandolin). Killer guitar for that but terribly versatile so I traded it for a J-45. I ran across a great one at my local shop last year but couldn't swing the cash and it got away. Could be nice to get one again but I traded the J-45 for a Collings D1 and it's all the dread I need.
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#95
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Well, I just bought it 11 months ago, so yeah.
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When I was 18 my brother gave me some money and I bought a brand new 1972 or 73 Fender Tele, it was a custom deluxe or something like that, had a humbucker at the end of the fretboard and a single coil which also had slots for an ashtray-which I kept on it religiously I fell on some hard times and a friend of mine said he knew of a job we could get in Minnesota, so I pawned it for $150 (paid $450) and we hitchhiked to Minnesota from Portland, OR. I absolutely loved that guitar and was in a group trying to become a band, but things did not work out. Sad memories.
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#97
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90s Fender American Standard Telecaster in 3 tone sunburst with rosewood fingerboard. Sold during a massive purge when I literally sold ever piece of gear I owned. Sometimes I think about it with nostalgia but the reality is I would never play it if I still had.
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#98
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I have a 1967 Martin D-18. It’s the guitar I play the least and am open to selling.
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My first professional quality acoustic guitar was a Martin D-12-20 I bought in 1972. I moved it pretty fast when I realized the 12 string was not for me. I then purchased a D-35 which was a great guitar, but alas, long gone.
My first professional quality electric guitar was a brand new '65 Epiphone Casino. John, Paul and George each used one so that's about as pro as you can get. Paul still plays his in concert.
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Long, long gone. It was a Gibson B-25 I got as a gift in 1971, and, frankly, I don't remember what ever happened to it.
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#101
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My first pro quality Acoustic - '71 Guild D-55 -Still with me
as a college student that was a very pricy guitar for me. my first electric -telecaster custom --long gone , do miss it -thinking about getting another American made one. ( just for fun )
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Yes - Japanese build....hard to find these days and when you do find them, they sell quickly.....I love her....
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I guess this counts. As I mentioned in one of Wade's earlier threads, I still have this 1950ish Gibson that I learned on.
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Maybe you already did get the answer, but if it really was a model from 1987 then it most likely would have been a D-15 or a D-17. D-15: No body binding D-17: Body binding Good luck! Hans Moust www.guitarsgalore.nl |