[dougp23]

Just curious to all the players out there--

How long did you play that first guitar you bought, before you upgraded??

(I was gonna make this a poll, but I haven't had enough coffee yet, so I'd probably bungle it!)

[papadog65]

About a year and a half. It was ugly! I've mentioned it before; that you couldn't make a barre chord without a pair of vice-grips at hand. It was old and used when I got it (don't even remember from where or from whom), and I don't think it even had a brand name. Didn't know anything about guitars and there were no players in my small town back in the mid 50s, but I was desperate to learn. All 3 chords! During my first year in college I gave it to my roomie, who tuned it by ear and played it as a steel guitar with a lighter!

The next year (57) I bought a used Stella for $12 from the music store, and had it until I gave it away to a relative in the early 80s and got a very nice Martin nylon. Lost it in a hock shop (well, times were tough in the late 80s!). Then I got my Peavy Firenza in the late 90s. It still looks like new, suits me well, and I probably will keep it forever. Over the last few years I've also acquired an old Samick (my battle-axe) and a pretty nice Washburn acoustic that hardly ever sees the light of ceiling any more.

[munky]

I moved on from my Epiphone LP Special II after about two years. About two years after the second guitar I moved on to a respectable Epiphone Les Paul Standard and it's kinda snowballed since then.

[AX7221]

4 years, it was a crappy crate guitar (yep guitar) it came in a amp guitar starter pack and i stayed with it for way too long.

[skinnybloke]

At the time I got mine I was talked into getting a good one, it was good advice.
I got it in 1972/73 and still play it most days.

[T-ride]

I had my first one for about a year, It was a yamaha. I have upgraded since but i still have that yamaha....can't get rid of the one you learned on!