Post pics of the guitar that started it for you

[Beyer160]

The first guitar I ever fixated on was Jimmy Page's '59 Les Paul ("No. 1"). My days of obsessive teenage Zeppelin fandom were relatively short lived, and I have never owned a Gibson Les Paul ( I've got an Agile though, which is close enough for me).



The first Jazzmaster that caught my attention was Bob Bogle's on "Walk, Don't Run" (yes, Bogle played lead on that, not Nokie Edwards). I was captivated by the guitar sound on that record, and it took me years to figure out the Jazzmaster connection after they'd already become fashionable for '90s "alternative" bands. I could have sworn Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom was playing one when I first saw them in 1990 or so but I can't find any photos online to prove it.

[stratoclutter]

Tom Verlaine ...

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dat esquire

[hunterjames]

Time for my Non-Offset post in this thread.



Daphne Blue Stratocaster (with 50s specs)



Blonde Stratocaster



Telecaster Deluxe 72



Gretsch Country Gentleman



Gretsch Cadillac Green Jet



Martin 000-15M



Gibson ES325

[StangUK]

The sound and look of Billy Duffy's Les Paul on the Electric and Sonic Temple albums created my first real need to own a specific guitar.

Which resulted in a 1978 Gibson Les Paul 25/50 (photo circa 1989) ...

Then like many people this changed everything for me in the early 90's ...

And my taste in guitars and guitar sound was changed forever!

Now much older, slightly wiser and a lot greyer, my love of offset guitars is stronger than ever.

[empyrean]

Gibson ES325

HOT DAMN! WANT!

[hunterjames]

HOT DAMN! WANT!

Isn't it just something else. That wood tone, mini humbuckers and control plate with the Fender amp knobs. Mmmmm. They were only made in the 70s (I think), and you can get them on ebay for like 2500ish.

[Rosteam2000]

First was John Squires' custom Jag-y thing:



Soon after was a flood of others, from MBV to Swervedriver to Dinosaur Jr. to Come, etc... Everyone was playing them in the early '90s.

If some one doesn't know yet it's a Dubreuille custom "Ken"

[NICQ]

[JazzmasterJonny]

First was John Squires' custom Jag-y thing:



Soon after was a flood of others, from MBV to Swervedriver to Dinosaur Jr. to Come, etc... Everyone was playing them in the early '90s.

If some one doesn't know yet it's a Dubreuille custom "Ken"

Nope, squires custom guitars were made by Stuart Palmer....who now works out of electro music in Doncaster...my local shop! And Stuart is the nicest guy you could wish to meet.

[stilwel]

Oddly...my offset inspiration came from a historically non-offset player.

Dave Navarro.

He used a 70's Jazzmaster in the video for Deconstruction's "L.A. Song". I have no idea if the guitar was actually ever used on that song or not, but I fell in love with the look and what I thought was the sound on that album.

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[nikkij]

There has honestly never been another tone like it....he is the sole reason i play guitar, and this is the particular instrument that just leapt out at me tonally:

[badpun]

Billy Corgan's "bat strat". Basically a 1990 sunburst 57' reissue that's seen a ton of abuse a sloppy paint job.

[ralfcaetano]

the guitar always followed me around kinda there were always representations of a guitar or signs for me to pick up a guitar even when i went through a phase when i wanted to play drums but couldn't find anyone (now i know a load of drummers ironically)... but what really got me into it was a toy stratocaster my grandmother gave me when i was seven... i didn't really look at details of guitars until that point... then i would imagine that if i ever got a guitar i would play one just like it...



i never did find one like it... maybe i'll put one together someday

[kracdown]

For me it was seeing QOTSA maybe 4 years ago. My uncle is good friends with Josh so I got the full hookup. It was nice to hear some real music. Troy got me with his jazzmaster. Got my mustang because of Mac Demarco.