What was your first electric guitar?

Snap

Mine was a Kay 45, otherwise known as the Kay Gun. Bought it new in 1984 for about £90. I thought it was ace.

It was actually suprisingly good - 5 way pup toggle, complete with Powersound Chopper humbuckers. Problem was it was totally neck heavy, so was trick to play. Did a good few gigs with it too. Oh happy days......got nicked eventually.

fretmeister

One of these.

A Hohner Arbour MXJ.

not_the_dj

The almightly "Rockster"

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bluechargeboy

Mine was a black no-name Les Paul copy that we bought from our bin-man, along with Selmer vertical 2x12 amp the size of a skyscraper.

Clarky

Kay E-110 Tulip late 60's / early 70's

http://www.renvers.com/mediac/450_0/media/DIR_54023/addf4960aec1551bffff81c1d4355564.JPG

the one on the left

what a piece of crap.. but I totally fkn loved it..

stickyfiddle

Squier Standard Strat in sherwood green. Christmas 2000. I still have it, several necks & re-wires later. Body's original though

WezV

stickyfiddle said:

Squier Standard Strat in sherwood green. Christmas 2000. I still have it, several necks & re-wires later. Body's original though

same for me but plain black from 95

 

Its body got stripped, maple neck added. and various wiring and pickup shcemes along the years.  i left it at the school i used to work at in the end - thenstarted modding my girlfriends black squier strat

Axe_meister

A Hohner ST Special.

A strat copy made of ply in White like the Woodstock strat.

axisus

Secondhand Kay les Paul. I killed it. took a band saw to it to try and make it into a double cutaway.

thomasross20

Yamaha Pacifica. Saved my pocket money for a year to help buy it.

mudslide73

I borrowed a Marlin Sidewinder, Burns Jazz short scale and an Ibanez Black Beauty with p90s before I bought my Jackson Fusion Pro (which I still have).

RobDavies

Black Squier Strat - about 85-ish?   I didn't really appreciate how good it was and sold it to get a Kramer Beretta because it looked "more metal".

Gassage

Yamaha SG1000

Danny1969

Clarky said:

Kay E-110 Tulip late 60's / early 70's

http://www.renvers.com/mediac/450_0/media/DIR_54023/addf4960aec1551bffff81c1d4355564.JPG

the one on the left

what a piece of crap.. but I totally fkn loved it..

Mine was same, sold from Freeman's  catalog I think originally but mine was brought second hand from a car boot sale.  These things were terrible it's a miracle anyone who started out on one perserved. I used to look at people playing past the 7th fret on top of the pops and think how is that possible when the actions 1\2 inch high there .......... turns out it's not supposed to be 

breakstuff

Black Hondo 2 Les Paul in 1985.Wish I still had it if just for the nostalgia value but it ended up in a skip like most.

mike_l

A crappy Hohner Les Paul copy. Followed by a Squire Strat, then my Jackson, which I still have, and play regularly.

Then my ESP, which I still have, and play regularly.

IanSavage

Cheap-ish Peavey Strat-alike, a Falcon II if I remember correctly. Decent enough, I even bought the matching Telecaster-alike...didn't realise for ages that they were ply bodies though, which is why I could never make 'em cry or sing

joeyowen

Epiphone les paul studio

A couple of modifications later and it is still with me today

mike257

Hmmm, about 1997 then, Epi Les Paul Special II in black, about £90 mail order from Soho Soundhouse (RIP - their many-page magazine adverts were my fave pre-broadband gear porn!). Came complete with a classic unsupportive Dad quote ("Can't you choose something a bit cheaper, you can't really play it anyway") and did solid duty until my promotion to bass playing a couple of years later (and until my next sixer, Ibanez Artist reissue for my 18th). Still here, covered in stickers and memories and living under the continual threat of me modding it into an LP Jr!

len62

A 1970s Antoria SG copy. It was nice, wish I had it to compare with the shite SG standard I've got now.

rolls1392

An Epiphone LP100

Latecomer to the guitar world!!