What guitars have you been given

[growler]

Hi Everyone .....I ended up being given the Les Paul after a Cousin of mine asked me If I would give him guitar lessons . I agreed to , off he went to Denmark street and came back with a new Les Paul.
After I picked myself up from the floor and told him he has wasted his money,telling him he should have bought a cheap acoustic for about £100 ? instead of paying about £700 for the Les Paul way back then.
Anyway to cut a long story short ......... after about 1 lesson he luckily discovered 'Girls' , guitar shoved under the bed where it stayed for a few years , His Mother got fed up with hitting the case everytime she hoovered , and suggested he give it to me.
I stuck a set of Michaels Newtone Slide classics on it but have never gelled with this guitar, I would gladly trade it in for a more useful guitar but probably will not for fear of upsetting someone.

Since this photo was taken I have added an MM blues 14 fret , Republic Weissenborn and an electro acoustic bass.

REgards

Growler

[ken1953clark]

Never happened to me unfortunately. Some guys have all the luck!

[andys]

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I would gladly trade it in for a more useful guitar but probably will not for fear of upsetting someone.

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Not really a Lester player but in this instance I have a few guitars I would trade that for I can tell you. I promise not to tell a soul

I ended up with a really nice S & P dreadnought for almost nothing. I was asked by a work colleague to repair this nice guitar, he wanted a new nut, new saddle, set up and new strings. So I said it would cost him £75. Did the work, and let him know that his guitar was ready to collect. Coinicided with demands on his cash from other things like his car, and he said he may have to pay me another time. I said sure no problem, pay me in a month or so, but I'll keep the guitar for now. A week later he comes back and says I really cant afford to pay you, so keep the guitar. So I ended up with a guitar for what I had paid in parts to fix it, ie new strings, saddle and nut, plus my time I had worked on it.

Simon & Patricks are lovely guitars too.

[fitchmeister]

I hate the idea of instruments being thrown away to that end I have been given an old aria electric acoustic, and a couple of yamaha's, they have all been given to enthusiastic learners '[to be'.

Who knows one of em may be on TV one day and i can say i gave them thier first guitar

Roj

[growler]

fitchmeister........ I could not agree with you more, I would gladly pass on any of my guitars to enthusiastic learners .
I often wonder what the hell my Wife is going to do with all my guitars when I pass on;
This might sound a bit of a depressing subject , but it is a fact of life. I have a roomful of guitars and equipment. We are living in an age nowadays where you can just acquire these guitars so cheaply, years back they just were not around, I had one guitar and that was it.
I have two daughters , the eldest one has tried her hand at playing a guitar , failed and moved on. I just cross my fingers that the youngest one shows some musical ability, which she is at the moment ....... then she can have them.
Other than that , what we need is some sort of genuine musical institution set up where guitars can be donated to it , and given to young talented guitarist already showing ability who can make genuine use of them.

Regards
Growler

[starboards]

Hey Growler, if you are planning to pass on anytime soon,
I'll help your good lady by taking your guitars.
No need to thank me.
Seriously though, every time I used to visit a friend of mine,
I'd make a beeline to his 1960's Harmony Sovereign,
not the easiest guitar to play, but fabulous sound.
Imagine my surprise when he gave it to me complete
with ohsc.
It's still with me after 10 years.