RUNTMC2JC
Registered: 07/20/06
Posts: 686
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After owning several acoustic guitars over the years, and playing a handfull of others, I finally broke down and purchased my first electric guitar (at the age of 54 - hopefully this old dog can learn a few new tricks). Which guitar you might ask ??? A Gibson (Les Paul).... Fender (Strat or Tele).... a Rickenbacher.... heck no !!! (actually I consider myself not worthy of those guitars, since I really haven't played much in the last 20 years)... I have purchased the re-issue retro Danelectro Dano Pro (see link below - mine's the black one with off-white trim in the upper right corner).... haven't got my amp and accessories yet (they're all picked out, just waiting to get the cash together)... playing on a borrowed amp, and I've discovered a few things.... my fingers don't reach some chords I used to easily reach.... this has led me to a strict dietary regimen of Chondroitin & Glucosamine - hoping these supplements will give some elasticity to these stiff and thick fingers. Signed up for some on-line lessons, since it appears my memory is a little fuzzy as well and it seems I've forgotten more than I used to know.... maybe I should take some Gingko as well......... oh well, I'm interested to see where this will take me.........Derri/Mark.... I'm ready to jam anytime.... : ) (just kidding)....
http://www.danguitars.com/DanoPRO.html
What was your first electric guitar ???
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larryl
Registered: 03/14/05
Posts: 422
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My first electric was an Aria Pro II Les Paul copy, circa mid-70s. This would have been around 1991 I guess. I had some borrowed ones before that.
If I knew what I know now, I would have kept that thing. It was one of the "lawsuit guitars", which caused Gibson to sue several Japanese guitar companies. They were considered to be of better quality than what Gibson was making at the time.
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mykel
Registered: 04/22/05
Posts: 975
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my first electric was technically a used strat i had for a couple of weeks. took it in to get a setup and the tech discovered the truss rod was stripped. luckily, i was able to return it. then i bought a G&L ASAT Z3 semi-hollow. still have it. mine is a 3-tone sunburst with a rw fb.
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