What was your first rig?
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BFT Gibson
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how many watts ?
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
full human wattage lol
Ramo
AmTHRASHador of Chugz
I actually dont have my first ever rig... I had strat copy my mom got me for 100usd , then i said i will make custom job on it..... bought some spray paint and sprayed 
out of it... it turned out .. then i said ill take it apart and make it '' better'' ended up in bin once i was done with it..... had clock radio size amp with 3 knobs... dont know what happened to it... i cant remember... my first real rig was one of my jackson v into Marshall combo... then i got Digitech distortion '' metal master' and i thought this was metal as F***... I turned up all bass took out mids... and i could not hear myself with band ... bassist was Ramo what are you doing????? more bass more metal lol ... then still nothing.. then said this pedal sucks....
I still have that pedal
it still sucks 
out of it... it turned out .. then i said ill take it apart and make it '' better'' ended up in bin once i was done with it..... had clock radio size amp with 3 knobs... dont know what happened to it... i cant remember... my first real rig was one of my jackson v into Marshall combo... then i got Digitech distortion '' metal master' and i thought this was metal as F***... I turned up all bass took out mids... and i could not hear myself with band ... bassist was Ramo what are you doing????? more bass more metal lol ... then still nothing.. then said this pedal sucks.... I still have that pedal
it still sucks 
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
1978. I borrowed my uncle's Supro guitar with flatwounds from Sept till Dec.
That Christmas 45 years ago I got my Goya L6-S and terrible Univox Stage 65 20 watt amp.
Still have n love the Goya.
Stock amp pic.
That Christmas 45 years ago I got my Goya L6-S and terrible Univox Stage 65 20 watt amp.
Still have n love the Goya.
Stock amp pic.
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Sapient
Ambassador of Vocal Inspiration
You should gig with that amp.1978. I borrowed my uncle's Supro guitar with flatwounds from Sept till Dec.
That Christmas 45 years ago I got my Goya L6-S and terrible Univox Stage 65 20 watt amp.
Still have n love the Goya.
Stock amp pic.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
It was just crap!!
When I got it dad saw the 3 inputs and said If your guitar and the bass goes in there you'll only have room for 1 mic!!
Sapient
Ambassador of Vocal Inspiration
It was just crap!!
When I got it dad saw the 3 inputs and said If your guitar and the bass goes in there you'll only have room for 1 mic!!
Dad's never understood the inputs very well. My dad always called my amp "that speaker". Lol. "Yea, I could hear that speaker really loud upstairs." Lol. I also remember when I got my first guitar and I changed the strings. He said "There ya go, already ripping it apart already." Lol.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Sharona, our singer, still does that.
Dad's never understood the inputs very well. My dad always called my amp "that speaker". Lol. "Yea, I could hear that speaker really loud upstairs." Lol. I also remember when I got my first guitar and I changed the strings. He said "There ya go, already ripping it apart already." Lol.
"Can you move your monitor more towards me?"
How will I hear my vocals?
No your guitar monitor.
My amp?
Yes, that.
After 15 years of singing with us!
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Actually there is one of those Stage 65 for sale around here.
The usual BS.
First ad was needs a fuse, doesn't power up. $40.
Red flag...
Now a few weeks later it's up to $60, doesn't power up should be an easy fix.
How is a dead crap amp from mid 70s an "easy fix"? Parts anyone? What's your time worth?
The thing might be worth $20 for the speaker. Even that is iffy.
Man I hate stupidity.
The usual BS.
First ad was needs a fuse, doesn't power up. $40.
Red flag...
Now a few weeks later it's up to $60, doesn't power up should be an easy fix.
How is a dead crap amp from mid 70s an "easy fix"? Parts anyone? What's your time worth?
The thing might be worth $20 for the speaker. Even that is iffy.
Man I hate stupidity.
Seamus OReally
Well-Known Member
I couldn’t even afford a cheap amp, so I didn’t have a rig - I traded my Strat for a Gibson 330 so I could play it without - until I won the monthly writing contest in PLUG, a tabloid newspaper put out by Ampeg and distributed free at dealers. The prize for winning was your choice of a bass amp or a guitar amp… a VT22, a monstrous, ungodly loud twin 12” combo. The day I won, I started looking for a band and a solid guitar.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
I guess the first "real" rig I had after that atrocious little amp (guitar was good) was the upgrade from the Stage 65 to a Traynor TS200 witn matching and interesting 9x8 cabinet.
Sounded miles better and looked good too.
Sounded miles better and looked good too.
My very first was a black Univox Effie and a Peavey Studio Pro 40.
I realize I have been making an incorrect statement for years. I have generally said my first guitar was my 1974 Gibson SG. The Gibson sticks out in my mind more. I got the '74 SG about a year after I got the Univox, but I sold the Univox within a few years after I got it, but I still have the '74 SG.
Plus, I considered the Gibson SG to be more of a "real" guitar than the Effie. These days, I'm somewhat ashamed of myself for having had such an attitude. Though the Effie was a bolt-neck, semi-hollow (a combination which is generally sneered at in the guitar community) with rather doggy pickups, it actually played fairly nicely now that I think about it.
Today, I wish I still had the Effie. Taking a look at the headstock, you can see that it was one of the "lawsuit" era of guitars. These were Japanese-made guitars built in the '70s. There would actually be a bit of notoriety with it today! Funny how that works.
(These aren't pics of the actual items I owned, but these pics do look exactly like them.)
I realize I have been making an incorrect statement for years. I have generally said my first guitar was my 1974 Gibson SG. The Gibson sticks out in my mind more. I got the '74 SG about a year after I got the Univox, but I sold the Univox within a few years after I got it, but I still have the '74 SG.
Plus, I considered the Gibson SG to be more of a "real" guitar than the Effie. These days, I'm somewhat ashamed of myself for having had such an attitude. Though the Effie was a bolt-neck, semi-hollow (a combination which is generally sneered at in the guitar community) with rather doggy pickups, it actually played fairly nicely now that I think about it.
Today, I wish I still had the Effie. Taking a look at the headstock, you can see that it was one of the "lawsuit" era of guitars. These were Japanese-made guitars built in the '70s. There would actually be a bit of notoriety with it today! Funny how that works.
(These aren't pics of the actual items I owned, but these pics do look exactly like them.)
Brian Krashpad
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Ovation Breadwinner into a Kustom 100 1x15".
GrooVey
Well-Known Member
Same here. 72 LPC and a Bandit.
ibmorjamn
Ambassador of Moar Jammin
I had a little 10w fender combo tube amp that I used to drive the Black face Bassman.
A local guitar shop had a custom made “V” It was natural with a telecaster neck and a Strat Trem, I put a Original super distortion in the bridge.
I wish I had kept that rig.
A local guitar shop had a custom made “V” It was natural with a telecaster neck and a Strat Trem, I put a Original super distortion in the bridge.
I wish I had kept that rig.
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I have just come across this thread.
My very first guitar was a Tiesco from K- Mart the amp was a very small Almo with a couple of preamp tubes , not very loud.
I have no pics of them.
My first amp that I bought was a SUNN concert lead, and a Hondo ll LP copy, I have no pics of them either.
Traded the amp for 76 Explorer, traded my PA system for a Marshall 2104, and I also purchased a 79 Strat brand new, then I saved money for a full stack of Marshall cabs late 70’s A cab, and an early 70’s B cab.
The pics of that final rig have been posted many times in the forum here.
But in 1983 about September I had sold all of it.
My very first guitar was a Tiesco from K- Mart the amp was a very small Almo with a couple of preamp tubes , not very loud.
I have no pics of them.
My first amp that I bought was a SUNN concert lead, and a Hondo ll LP copy, I have no pics of them either.
Traded the amp for 76 Explorer, traded my PA system for a Marshall 2104, and I also purchased a 79 Strat brand new, then I saved money for a full stack of Marshall cabs late 70’s A cab, and an early 70’s B cab.
The pics of that final rig have been posted many times in the forum here.
But in 1983 about September I had sold all of it.
Sargeant Preston
Ambassador of The Ninth Chord
