What type of guitar did you learn on?

[Billy3]

Myself, acoustic Epiphone by Gibson 12-string, Regal resonator round neck, Tele partscaster, ibenez hh parts LP style. I still use them all. Except for the 12 that was stolen. As a lefty I have found that when you get a
Guitar you end up keeping it. Make it work, fix it, etc... Have a good connection with them.

 

[Chiogtr4x]

I learned how to play, or better said, began to learn how to play at a Catholic Boarding HS in the mid 1970's

The School had a very cool acoustic/rock Folk Group ( our entire student body made up the ' Choir'- we all lived together and practiced this stuff!),
and I was immediately and absolutely mesmerized by these cool guitar players and all their guitars. I wanted to do that! Play guitar!

So my Sophomore year, a Freshman jock buddy of mine ( good guy) lent me his Yamaha Classical for the entire year
- I kept it under my bed in a huge dorm room; played it all year after classes, in PM, whenever; Beatles and Cat Stevens songbooks learing chords, loved it- I had a good ear to pick up things...

Over the Summer I made.enough $$ to buy my first acoustic, a Nagoya N-28 ( MIJ D-28 copy- all laminated but beautiful rosewood)

Joined the folk group my Junior year ( awesome!) and literally never stopped playing!
( got other guitars over the years, but held onto Nagoya until 1992, gave it to a friend)

 

[keithb7]

Gibson ES-125TDC. 1963-ish. Just like this one. It was 1981 or so. I used to play this through a 1958 original 5E3. I was not into that tonal package when I was 10. I really wanted a pointy neck guitar with a Floyd Rose. Scorpions man! That guitar was parked in a closet as soon as I saved up enough paper route money. I spoiled myself with an Aria Pro-II. I have no idea where the Aria went.

Later in life I could afford a decent ES-125TDC. 35 years later I found one at a guitar show for sale. Tried it. My pining ended in about 10 seconds. Not for me. Neck was very narrow.

 

[arlum]

I learned on a Sears Silvertone.

 

[John Stephen]

I learned on another Sears guitar, called Stella. There was another thread just like this, about a week ago or so ("what was your first guitar," I think it was called).

 

[Kiwi_Neil]

Still learning.....probably always will be....

 

[sloppychops]

Yamaha G-55A classical with a massive neck. It's still in a closet at my mother's house a few states away.

 

[dogmeat]

Sears Sliva-tone. acoustic and electric. the electric, now worth 10x what it cost new became an object of derision. I humiliated it in unspeakable ways when I got my Mustang in about 1967

 

[fenderchamp]

Myself, acoustic Epiphone by Gibson 12-string, Regal resonator round neck, Tele partscaster, ibenez hh parts LP style. I still use them all. Except for the 12 that was stolen. As a lefty I have found that when you get a
Guitar you end up keeping it. Make it work, fix it, etc... Have a good connection with them.

Global, right from Penny’s catalog + more importantly Mel Bay plus e
Infinitely more importantly my own blood and sweat and taking the time to learn how to tune that darn thing, $29 student model. I still regret selling it

 

[Esquire Jones]

The venerable Teisco Del Ray Tulip.

 

[Billy3]

I learned on another Sears guitar, called Stella. There was another thread just like this, about a week ago or so ("what was your first guitar," I think it was called).

My younger brothers first was a Stella. He let me wind it up Lefty so when I visit we could jam. BTW did not know about the other thread. My bad.

 

[Billy3]

Sorry if I am repeating a recent thread.

 

[1293]

1979 Yamaha FG335. I worked 169 hours in my mother's bakery to buy it new. I still have it.

 

[Buzzgrowl]

The cheapest crappiest one available in the shops in town.

 

[TeleTwoTone]

I started learning on some no name classical guitar when I was 12, then moved on to a steel string in my later teams, I think it was a Yamaha. Early 20's bought a Japanese Fender strat and have preferred electrics ever since.

 

[brookdalebill]

My third guitar was the one I learned the most on.
It was a late 1960s Yamaha CG50 nylon string.
It was easy to play, and sounded great to me.
I got it in 1969, when I was 12.
My first two guitars were barely playable kid’s toys.
The Yamaha, and my inspiring teacher, Drew Thomason helped immeasurably!

 

[marc2211]

In 1991 I got one of these: https://planetbotch.blogspot.com/2013/01/early-1990s-encore-e76-strat-guitar.html

It looked like a strat, kind of played like a strat(ish), resolutely refused to stay in tune no matter what you tried. I didn't have an amp, so no idea what it sounded like plugged in.

I used it for about a year until I 'upgraded' to one of these in ~1992: https://www.guitar-list.com/rockwood/electric-guitars/hohner-rockwood-lx250g which was an 'experience'.

From there my first 'good' guitar was in 1993: https://planetbotch.blogspot.com/2012/08/original-1992-squier-silver-series-stratocaster.html

 

[teleman1]

I was 13 and expressed interest in a guitar. This was 68 and magically this guitar showed up from my Mother & Brother. A Gibson es125 tc/one pickup. Looked like the one listed a few posts up.

 

[JohnnyThul]

When I was 6 or 7, I wanted to play the piano. But a piano is quite big and expensive, and we were about to move one year later,so, no piano for me.
Wasn't too bad, as I was living to sing, since I could talk. I loved words and melodies and even though I did not speak English back then, I sang along every Beatles song I heard
When I was about 12 my mom asked me, if I wanted to play an instrument now, as the piano didn't work out. And I said yes, I would like to play the drums. Well,my mom very honestly told me, that unfortunately no place for drums was left at music school. She seemed honestly bothered
So, 3rd choice was guitar and my father bought me and my brother a second hand Yamaha nylon string and that is, where I learned my first things on, along with classical education, which didn't suit me well. I wanted to sing the songs I loved and accompany myself. And pretty soon I started to write music.

It's kind of funny, I am pretty much a guitar nerd, I love the instrument and always have, but I never wanted to be a guitar player in a band, I wanted to be able to make music and have something to sing to. So, I wouldn't say I am a real guitarist, I am much.more a singer but I love guitars and even started to build them, because to me, it is still the most attracting object I can think of.
That, and amps.....

 

[loopfinding]

Some cheap MIC half size classical for kids. I was 8. It’s in a closet somewhere at my folks’ place. I think the bridge might be lifting.

After that my parents bought me a mim strat for my 10th birthday.