Jan 17 2009
What Was Your First Guitar?
What was your first guitar? How much did you spend on it?
For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, my wife is The Frugal Mommy from the Make Money, Save Money While Raising A Family blog (this is my shameless plug for her site. See her blog button on the sidebar? She’s cute, huh?). Get this, she doesn’t like shopping, unless it’s grocery shopping. So, you can imagine how excited I was when she expressed an interest in letting me help her find a first guitar! I’m already thinking about songs to teach her, jamming together, and mostly about getting the chance to SHOP—for an acoustic guitar! I already have a 1998 Guild D4 for myself, but there’s always room for more in my collection—er, um… I mean, “our” collection.
There is one issue, however… Did I mention she’s The FRUGAL Mommy? Yup. So, we can’t spend a whole lot on her first guitar. No splurging on a Martin or a Gibson Hummingbird.
No, we’re in the market for something that is $150 or less. This will be challenging. Our choices may not be very broad, but I have faith that we’ll be able to find something out there that will meet her needs (e.g. feel and budget) and satisfy my taste (e.g. tone and style). Our search begins tomorrow! I’ll keep you updated on what we pick and how it goes.
Whoo-hoo! Guitar shopping! How often do we get this opportunity when we’re on a budget? Okay, so the guitar will be my wife’s… But I don’t think she’ll mind if I “borrow” it every once in a while. New toys, no matter how inexpensive they may be, are always fun!
Good luck & keep playing!
Mitch the Guitar Guy
MitchGuitarGuy@yahoo.com
My first guitar was an Aria cherry sunburst guitar. Cost $250 USD. Best guitar I ever had was a Martin D-28. Cost $1,000USD. Guitar shopping is fun, especially when ya get to buy one! How cool you and your wife will be able to jam together.
Roxie
http://recoveryrocks.today.com/
My first guitar was a Montana classical guitar. Probably cost just under 300 dollars.
My first electric guitar had no logo or name on it. It looked like a sunburst telecaster and cost $2.00 at a second hand store called the “Friendly Warehouse” I will never know who made it, or where it came from. But it was a lucky find on my Mom’s part.