Your First Guitar – Your First Love!

My guitar and gear

I was reading a column on an internet news site today talking about The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White in their new movie “It Might Get Loud” and really connected with the incredible joy these masters have (especially the long-time veterans Jimmy and The Edge) with their first guitar.

I still remember mine being a “Sonic” – sort of a take-off on an Ibanez that with dual humbuckers that had some good crunch, but really had some poor sustain.

My next guitar is shown above – and the one I still play the most today which is an American Standard Strat I picked up almost 10-years ago.  Other than some adjustments, some wiring repair work (as well as an upcoming whammy bar replacement as you will notice it is missing in the picture…), this baby has done me very well.

Also in the picture is my Fender Twin and a few effects boxes including an Ibanez tube screamer (the green effects box on top of the amp) and a new Goudie FX Blue Daddy which acts as a combination – Fat Strat Tone accelerator and overdrive – “crunch” box where I can get the nastiest Stevie Ray Vaughan tone…or at least as close to it as I have come with various combinations of amplifiers and effects boxes.

What about you?  Do you remember your first guitar?  Which early guitar do you consider your “First Love?”