Musical instruments you used to own.

I used to play sax when i was a youngin, but i was really only usign it as a transitional tool until i could get a guitar or guitar lessons or something (for the purpose of notation, which, as it turns out, i forgot and now know little about )

Anyways, when i did move on to guitar i got rid of the sax. Kinda wish i hadn't, but then if i hadn't i may not have gotten into guitar as much, and i love playing guitar.

Never really had any other instruments. All the guitars i've ever had, i still have. My sister used to have a flute. Woulda been cool if she kept that so i could use it now   

cobb wrote: That's the trouble with keyboards, technology makes them out of date within a year.

I beg to differ - my keyboard setup still appears to be very current... and it's 35 years old:


    

My first electric guitar was a Westone Thunder 1A when I was about 15 years old. It was a great guitar and I'd heartily recommend Westones (or any other guitar made by Matsumoku in the early 80s). It ended up a little bashed so I sold it to my friend who "knew someone who could paint it". The next time I saw it, it was covered in white household gloss which had been applied with a fairly wide brush. They hadn't masked off the fretboard or even removed any of the parts before painting! And there was the crappiest dragon I've ever seen painted on it!

He sold it to someone else who painstakingly removed all the horrible paint and got it back to very nearly its original condition. And they won't sell it back to me!

I thought about buying another on Ebay but decided to buy a Westone Paduak instead. If they're good enough for Dave Brock, they're good enough for me!

My first guitar was a £50 Spanish guitar that didn't stay in tune or even sound good but it was good while I was still learning the basics, my first electric guitar was a Westfield Les Paul copy that was actually far superior to the Epiphone I tried at a similar price but it wasn't well built and started to fall apart a couple of years later, by the time the Westfield had got so bad I couldn't play it well I'd bought an Ibanez GSA60 and traded the Westfield in for a Burns Marquee. The Burns and Ibanez were in turn traded in for an Epiphone G400 which I've still got today. Since then I've bought a Steinberger Spirit GU Deluxe and a Lap Steel, been given a Marlin Sidewinder and I've still got that guitar build project on the go.

All my guitars have been £150-£250 in value but I've played US Fenders and other high end guitars and don't see the point in upgrading when I can build something a lot better for less money.

A four-string accoustic guitar, for beginners. Though the sound was exceptional! With some tricks with the fingernails, I could also create the sound of a disorted electric guitar (surprisingly it did not ruin anything). Somehow got lost when moving. Also, a small african drum. It broke when falling down from the cupboard..

Wow...i should really look in my dad's attic or something, cause he used to play with some guys back in the day. I should check out what they got left and if there's any worth.

I had an Epiphone Coronet and matching amp...my first electric. Bought em for 50 bucks@'72 when they were maybe ten years old, and traded them for a Silvertone cuz it looked cooler. Saw that same set on eBay recently, sold for 3 grand. Had a Sigma 12-string that a friend stored for me when I moved from state to state and had limited transport space. His wife got tired of seeing it sitting around and stuffed it in the crawlspace. I had only played it once. That's all it ever got played:(

^ Ouch!

Edited by Jaydubz - June 17 2008 at 19:20