Just got back the first guitar I ever bought.

chrisj1602

I left school in 1999 and a friend of my dad got me a part time job for when I started college.

I was able to work full time through the summer and saved my first couple of weeks pay and bought myself an Epiphone Les Paul Standard Goldtop. I taught myself on it, wrote my first music on it and did my first recordings with it.

About 5 years later I sold it to a friend after I bought a Gibson Les Paul Custom and the Epiphone started gathering dust.

Last week, I saw a 90s Epiphone Les Paul for sale for a good price and almost got in touch with the seller, then just had a thought about my old Goldtop.

So I text my friend and he still had it. It wasn't being played, had two strings, loose pots etc so we worked out a deal and now I have it back.

It's cleaned, restrung, and after a very quick set up and is playing great. My four year old son has taken quite an interest so maybe he can learn on it eventually...

guitars4you

I had a similar thought a few months ago - around 1974/5 (I was 14/15) I had an Avon SG bass  - something like £60/65 new back then - Maybe only kept it for 6 months or so as I switched to guitar - At a recent guitar show I saw one for sale and still around £60, so for nostalgia purposes I took a look at it - Big mistake - It was a total heap of crap - It would have only served any purpose just hanging on the wall - I'd rather have given the £60 to my daughter for cleaning the car or something, for a month

My first guitar was a Grant LP - similar to Avon, Kimbara and Columbus at the time - Can't remember exactly what I did to it, but stripped down, rebuilt and a few upgrades to enrich the performance and more importantly gave me the chance to try out some guitar tech skills