The Search for our 1st Guitars and advice on buying a used guitar! 

Astral Cat if you had a "shitload" of guitars, would you give one away? For Free?

Chappers and the Captain, class act all the way!

Astral Cat I have 8 guitars and 7 basses, don't know how to play, and wouldn't give up any of them! Lol

Hulk Slayer Wish I were as lucky as you

It is one of the reasons I am exclusive to Chapman Guitars.

These comments are so good

You forgot the Amajor A sus4 blues thingy

i was thinking of that but wasnt sure the name of it lol

The way of the master has been laid bare. Blasphemy.

Yes!!!!!!

Ryan Smuz well, Spain anyway. That narrows it down a little.

Name: Miguel Alias: Miguel Occupation: Miguel Whereabouts: Miguel There's only Miguel

Fabián Riquelme 😂👍🏻

Not all Hero wear capes.

@@MrSimpleblan yea..i mean, look at spiderman lol

Its always amazing how things from our distant past have the ability to turn us back into excitable kids. :)

🍻🤣🤣

I am in TEARS

i still have my first because i am still a noob and it is my only guitar

Mine was a 79 Black strat... still got it, but I don't like the low/thin frets... prefer medium jumbo

Kevin Kelly I hope Miguel has another guitar to play.

The guitar should have a gravity to it. The ability to pull the player to it is incredibly overlooked somehow.

My first real guitar was a ibanez V (vbt700) and since that day I always cringe when people say V don't work when siting down, or it's not good to start. A (symetrical) V is one of the best shape for sitting down. Stick it between your thighs, neck at an angle going up, giving you access to the whole neck without having your wrist having to bend at the high frets, the guitar stays put without even having your hands on it. This V and a bc rich warlock are the most ergonomic guitars I've played, the bc being even better (ergonomics wise). No the strandbergs and such might be the best All hail the V

My first guitar when learning (electric wise anyway) was an Encore Les Paul which got damaged when a cousin dropped it on concrete and smashed up the back, we filled it in and I kept using it. Stopped playing a few years ago (got it about 5 years before that) and just got the urge to start playing again and so I went to my local store and when I walked through the door this beautiful gretsch 2622t in Torino green caught my eye and I fell in love instantly. Massive thing, es 335 style body, centre block, bigsby licensed, couple of humbuckers. Absolutely in love and don’t put it down ever. I’m thinking a Fender Tele for my next one, have my eye on a beautiful Japan made on in arctic white with black binding and pickguard, 60s style, beautiful in the hands.

Escalator same here. I listened to the Albert King and SRV album and wanted a V so bad, so I bought myself one. I’m sure it wasn’t just the guitar, but I had 4 or 5 guitars before that and just sort of piddled about on them. But that V, I’ve put thousands of hours of practice on it and will likely never find a guitar that makes me want to play it more.

My first guitar that I owned was a ESP LTD V-50. I love that you hung to bits. Recently bought a squire bullet a couple years ago and now actually properly learning guitar

I have an 900 PHP guitar which is about 20$ when converted. High af action, bolted on bridge and a snapped saddle, I love it to death. I also have a 140$ stratocaster which I bought several months ago

Bro, learn slide.

Akshay Ravi Kumar yeah exactly they should do a acosutic guitar video .. haven't seen one yet .. I don't know ??

My first guitar was a $20 acoustic, and it is just perfect. Ive had it for 5 years and i will never get rid of it.

Why don't you set it up or have someone else set it up?

what in tarnation

DUDE WTF, THERE'S NO TRANSITION.

It's because at 7:25 he makes it disappear with a pfft.

The editor is a genius! 😂

!!!!!!!

Bump

Bumpp

LEEEEEEE

#miguel2

Yeah, those Squier Bullet 1 guitars are pretty damn good. I got one second hand and honestly, I'm playing it more than anything else

They were Made in Japan. Great guitars.

Thanks so much for sharing, friend. That was a great story.

The new ones (Affinity and Classic Vibe) are made in Indonesia and are actually great for the price. It had some fret sprouting, and the action was a bit high for me, but that was easy to fix and then bam, I got an amazing Butterscotch Blonde Tele for $150.00 and it sounds awesome. Feels great, plays great, and stays in tune surprisingly well (I will upgrade the tuners to Locking Tuners and gut the whole pickup section, tone pot, volume pot, and 3 way switch, and replace it with all Fender pots and switch, and get some double stacked single coils and some neck pickup I'd like, haven't chosen one yet, and also replace the input jack) and once I do the upgrades, it will basically be a Fender. Make sure to buy 2018 and up models do NOT buy anything older (unless it's a made in Japan series), or it will be completely shitty.

Most of the " middle ground" squires are REALLY REALLY Good instruments, vintage vibe, and vintage modified are typicly better than their fender equivalent and about 1/3rd the price. I think the "big names" in the guitar business have lost touch with their customer base.now it seems they make instruments that are more about brand recognition than customer satisfaction. Gibson is a great example.its all about how great the les paul was and how much it can do, and not about what we want from the les paul. God forbid you want something a little different, well aside from what they decide they want to bolt on top of it, i.e. the robot tuners disasters or the" sound like everyone elses guitars" system there putting in thr new ones. Meanwhile asking for more color options, a decent vibratto system, or even something like straplocks to come standard on high end models and you get a history lesson.

Haha, same actually

Was it a good thing or a bad thing?

Wilhelm The Conquerer this needs to happen. I’d 100% buy a bright yellow ML1

We NEED this

The yellow is eye catching color, some people like it. If you really look at it, it's not a good color, really doesn't do anything for the guitar player, just looks funny.

@@drmidnight2419 I disagree. I think it looks good.

@@StackBundle I don't think yellow is a good color.

@@drmidnight2419 That's fine.

and I left out the comma on purpose because Lee is in fact, the good lord.

Was thinking the same

Wish I could agree.

@Green Frog Yeah I'm not gonna do that, but I appreciate the kind words regardless.

Technically, mine was too. And I still have it hanging in my garage.

Evan Ward same here !

Mine was a ukulele (back in the ‘60s when they were unpopular)!

I feel ya bro.

Same here!!!

well, I have my great-grandmother's Stella Dread, but it's very old and I prefer looking at it rather than playing.

SixShooter14 well, did you learn how to play yet?

I just bought the quilt top pro. Seriously good guitars in the $500 range. Also good to swap parts and try different things as it's not a $2,000 Gibson. Enjoy mate!

So it's over a year later. How's it going? Can you play it?

I’ve got a fair collection but they’ve all been gifts. I’ve just bought my first guitar with my own money. 2020 Epiphone Les Paul Custom in Alpine White

C O N S T A N T V A R I A B L E S You got the best color ever. I have a black squire strat with a purple pick guard that I put on it

Are you really pretending to my Miguel ?

You're Miguel? 😲😎🤙

Hey! I’m currently saving for a guitar and want to learn to play myself! It’s been a couple years since you commented this, but if you see my reply, could you tell me how much progress you’ve made and how your experience learning guitar was?

@@seroclas Hey there, unfortunately my progress stalled a couple of months after. I have arthritis and in my hands and it became really bothersome. Especially the left hand, trying to do the drills up and down the neck got to be too much and I had to give it up. I hope your journey pays more enjoyment than my did. All the best!

@@blitzcraig1001 I'm so sorry to hear that, man :( and thank you!

Frank Meffert ML-1 fo sure

The £60 black one

haha!! that was mean!!!

A top of the range air guitar

But let it be custom shop air!!!

Richard Keel What's the axe one you've sold to them

Other wise known as crime converters

Richard Keel 🤣

Hashconverters

Did any subsequent guitars live up to that dream?

My first guitar is the air. It never left me since then.

Chris Franklyn naa close but never quite there

Do you still have it

B.S.P , fell apart in a week or so ;_______;

Same, I got a squier bullet HSS and a fender front man 10g amp. I had a choice of the squier + amp, or a Pacifica 012. I went with the squier, but the amp sounded horrible and I've never used it. Kind of wish I went with a Pacifica!

Paradox Damn...

Lucky!! Those are great guitars

Nice man, those things are godly guitars, got one for myself a few months ago and its one of my favourites for sure

@janis vogel Did you practice being a jerk, or does it come naturally?

BrianS Man one night I stopped at a record/cd store I worked at to drop something off and in the store was this old bald guy talking to my coworker behind the counter. When I walked in my coworker pointed to me and said “ He might buy it”. Anyway the guy says he has a les Paul for $200. In my mind I think oh damn it’s gonna be a cheap knock off that’s worthless, but at the same time I’m excited that it could be a great guitar for a steal. We walk outside and dude pulls a case out and it says epiphany and I think oh well I’ll at least look, but he opens it and it’s a beautiful brand new Ace Frehely cherry burst les Paul with lightning inlays and his face paint on the headstock and 3 humbuckers. For reference I had a nickelodeon boom box when I was 8 and only Kiss Alive on cd so I was excited to see this guitar. It played fantastic so I bought it. Got it home and plugged it into my old peavey butcher with 4x12 and it was the best sounding guitar I’d played up to that point. Incredible guitars.

epiphone didnt make les pauls in the 60s

Matteo Rasemont yes they did.

the first epiphone les pauls came out in 1988

Matteo Rasemont using Gibson’s date coder via serial number, mine is a 1969 model year (last year for USA production). Then again since they never came with double humbuckers from the factory, who knows what that guitar has been through or what other mods have been done, since it has both Gibson on the headstock and an epiphone logo on the headstock. Wish I could show a pic of it.

does it say epiphone by gibson

What kind of kid has £500 as pocket money?

@@BlasterJunos you'd be surprised what some parents give their children

yamahamusicians haha yeah, I just bought an Epiphone les Paul standard pro in wine red for $100! I love it and I've had it for about 3 hours!

Nice one! That's the thing. You absolutely CAN buy a $100 guitar and still get the quality. Always been a fan of Epiphone by the way :)

Same here. I was given a Harmony Special from the Brand Names store. My Mom bought it at Christmas for me and I think she skipped the electric bill to do it. Playing was murder on my fingers and it couldn't stay in tune, but I would trade any of my 3 others to have it back today.

Put's me in mind of an Encore bowl back acoustic I had back in the early 80's. It was a present from my mother and although it probably didn't cost a great deal and was not that great to play it meant a lot to me. My mother was an incredible woman, working three jobs, raising four young children on her own, my father had died when I was eight and my step father died when I was 14. She never had any money for herself so she probably took an extra job just to pay for that guitar. I learned all the basics on that Encore and I still had it up until a couple of years ago by which time it was completely unplayable. The gift of a guitar to a young person cannot be underestimated :)

AmiBorg just Learn some metallica songs through youtube and keep playing them till you have it spot on I'd suggest fade to black because the solos are pretty easy once you can play metallica songs properly you can play anything with a little practice

Whenever i learn a guitar song i make sure that the song has a guitar technique i havent learned yet, the important part is you have to LOVE the song since i would play the shit out of it till i get it perfect and its a win win, i learn a new song and a new technique. Currently at sweeping.

My first electric guitar was an Ibanez Gio GRX40 (came with the Jumpstart package) that I got in 2006 I believe, and even though I now also have a '93 Japanese-made Ibanez SV470 (wonderful guitar), I still have that Chinese-made Gio, and I still love it. It may have been cheap, but it plays wonderfully.

Brayden Fletcher so what do u play now

Akhtar Zamil Sirajudeen I’ve got a few guitars now currently I use a Jackson soloist sl2q for the most part I’ve also got a prs se custom 24 and a Ibanez iron label rgaix6fm which sit in the corner till I fell inspired to play them

Gutted the thief must have had big pockets

Darrell Middleton the guitar was in a hard case. The way the school was built was the hall where the performance was being held was literally only a few meters from the car park so I would say that after I put the guitar away in its case and went to go and join the audience the person would of just snatched it and put it in the car. Even know it sucked it turned out better got a better guitar a week or so after

Oh well that's cool then if you got a better on but i can imagine the heartbreak when you noticed it gone

I have one of these, with the ibanez own edge something something fr-style tremolo and in HSH. Its a very decent guitar, good bang for your buck when you're into shredding superstrat style. The stock PUs are nothing special, better than the infamous Ibanez stock PUs, but nothing special, changed them for classic set of JB / 59 SDs. The finishing is kinda thicc polyethylen though, so even with the finish of the wood being gourgeous, it looks kinda cheap in person compared to one of the more expansive Ibanez. The neck is wicked, though, kinda beefy for a RG tbh, but I really like that.

Jesse Wrangell not that cheap in the Sydney area. Prices are usually inflated so when they discount the price is about the going rate. Have to be lucky to get a decent guitar. Buy from Anderson’s second hand gear and have it shipped. Sure the captain will do a deal! 😜

I go into my local Cashies when they have a % off sale of some sort. Last year I picked up a mint Epi LP 1960 Tribute with case for $360 (was $450, which I reckon is still very good value). Had the stock Gibson 57 Classic pickups and everything else that it should have. All it needed was new strings. FWIW my first electric was a Squier Tele Custom (sold it a couple of years after buying it), and my first acoustic a Cort Earth 100F, which I still have.

I laughed when he said Cash Converters, I didn't realise they were in the UK aswell. Also because we call it "Cashies" in Australia it made it funnier when he said "cash converters" I have an odd sense of humour. 😆

sempercompellis that’s what rolling the gains does

Also I love how you played that bluesy riff Rob's played so much the moment you jammed on his banana-guitar!

me

I bought a Jasmine acoustic in 1988 that was made in Korea for about $100. Still have it. It's never been in a case, got a few dings yo

Unfortunately I don't have my first EVER guitar, a little Jasmine. But I do still have my first electric, a red Yammy Beach Banana, a SC300T. Hell, I still have all of my early electrics. In order of acquisition... 87 red Yamaha SC300T 93 blackJackson JR94 Concept Randy Rhoads V (Yes, was amazed when I found out what I actually bought for just 250$US which also included an authentic Jackson hard case, it was and is still in mint condition!) My first Strat type is an Austin AU731 Tobacco-Burst that was owned by a local Luthier, thus had a nice setup and is in mint condition. My first Les Paul is a mint 2014 Agile AL-3010 in the old Oceanburst (not the newer, and might I add, uglier "Oceanburst" they're offering lately) Austin AU766 Sunurst LP copy, that was owned by a local performing guitarist. Somewhat a beater but plays quite nicely. Bought to beat on while saving my mint AL3010 for special occasions. Black Yammy EG112 ST-type bought to beat on while saving my mint AU731. LTD AX50 in silver. My first metal guitar (aside the JRR94) which was quickly replaced but will be a project guitar for later. Black Peavey Predator Plus Strat copy that is my first Floyd Rose. Still needs work as it came with bad output jack and for some unknown durned reason he painted the black hardware white with what looks like white-outs (liquid correction fluid). An Epiphone Limited Edition Genesis DX Pro in Transparent Black. My first SG style, bought as a shop floor model, but still had most of the factory stickers and tags on it. Ibanez XH300 Halberd in dark gray. It's my replacement metal guitar while the ax50 is in pieces for restification.The XH300 is my first active pickups. And what I nicknamed my FrankenBass, someone else's project bass guitar. A red crate body with jazz bass style pickups mated to a Fender neck. It's my first bass electric. It's in such bad shape that I'm going to be redoing this guy all over. But in meantime I'm currently working on getting a black Schecter Deluxe-4 to play on. I have 3 other electric guitars that are basket case vintages that are in queue on the restify project list. All are 60s era small makes. A Swinga SG-type, a Western ST-type, and an Artisan hybrid ST/LP-type. Except for the Western (which just needs restringing), they were missing strings, nut, and all hardware. However the Swinga retained it's original metal pickguard. Except for the AU766, AX50, and the EG112 and the 3 vintage project guitars, the other guitars are all first for me in one way or another. First real guitar, first electric, first Strat, first LP, first SG, first Floyd, first active pickups, first metals, etc. Unless you want to count the two basket cases to be my first vintages, lol, which I bought together for just 15$US each!

Spinnifuchs , wanna maybe sell it to me? I've always wanted to build an Ibanez collection to go with my Artist AM75 semi-acoustic hollowbody (my first gitter)

Dude.. i noticed it too, and it creeps me out haha!

I love those little edits they do it's hilarious

But did you notice it disappear at around 7:26?

😂 I think it's similar to us saying 50 bucks vs. 50 dollars. So yes, the same.

Yes, £1 is a quid.

I've heard them use euro, pound, quid, and imperial credits of the realm. The last one is my personal favorite

Euro isn't a pound

Patrick Carroll ...now you need to learn the monetary value of a "score" and a "pony" !!!

Boy Aditya there were really good guitars for the price

...And i still have both. Never get rid of your gear, it's too hard to replace later in life.

Mark Hooper trust me some of our beginner gear was not worth keeping. We were kids and got the worst gear ever. I do not miss my first two junkers.

Oh I agree; I just did a !four-hour! setup on my nephew's Walmart "Davison" that made it playable for the 1st time ever. Hopefully he will actually start to learn and enjoy it now. Also had a talk with all the relatives about how awful instruments lead to non-musicians.

Oh its at the end of the video you guys should find them and play your first guitars through them through you first pedals

Barnacle Boy from BFBB? NICE!

A Park G10 (with no reverb) and I bought a Zoom 505 MKI for effects

Steve Wilson - My first amp was a Park G10 as well! I've still got it somewhere , but the pots are really scratchy. The overdrive on that amp was awesome for how small it was.

Fender g-dec junior

Matt does things ive had the same johnson sunburst strat for about 15 years now. It was my first guitar. Have a few others, but still play it regularly

Get a harley benton they're really good for the price and you can slowly buy parts for them every now and again to upgrade just check out reviews on cheap guitars and parts before you get anything that's what I've always done