Do you still have your first real guitar?

I let some good stuff go because I didst know how or couldnt afford to fix issues like poor intonation(an actual 61' SG/LP that had been modded w/ a wrap around bridge), high action(that little Yamaha acoustic from early on), and the Marauder with the sloppy neck repair that played and sounded great but looked like crap and I thought just wasn't "cool" enough.
My first quality guitar with absolutely no issues is my 81' Carvin DC 100 which I still have. Solid as a rock that one is, still a great guitar.
Before that I had a decent little $200 Alvarez acoustic that I bought I college and sold after getting my D28 in 1985.
 
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I do. My first guitar was a budget Yamaha acoustic with high action that was quite hard to play, but I didn't know any better and that's what I learned on. This was 1975-ish. My piano playing sister's boyfriend gave her a used Norlin-era Epiphone acoustic which was way easier to play than my Yamaha and I convinced her to trade me. I still have that Epiphone and play it often.

As far as electrics go, I managed to save up enough money one summer to buy a brand new GIbson Sonex Custom. I thought I had arrived. I still have it, but very very rarely play it. Not mine, but looks exactly like it.

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No, thankfully...it was a really cheap SG copy with janky bigsby knock-off trem that would get stuck if you gave it a sideways glance.
 
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