How many of you still have your first #guitar? Was it as cool as this one?? 😄 . Here's what I dug out from under a pile in the basement yesterday: my very first #electricguitar, a 1984-ish #Vantage "Avenger". Made in Japan by Matsumoku with two splittable humbuckers and a hardtail, adjustable, top-loading bridge. It has a maple neck with brass nut and a comfort-contoured body of some heavily grained mystery wood in a snazzy trans cherry finish. . This was my "axe" between 1984 and 1987. I learned to (sort of) play Eruption and Crazy Train on it! I then upgraded to an all black Ibanez Roadstar with licensed Floyd Rose and locking nut because 1987, and a little later I finally got my first "real" guitar, one of the brand new American Standard Stratocasters that had just started rolling out of the new Fender Corona factory. . All kidding aside, this was a fine enough guitar for the 200-and-something dollars I paid for it new in 1984 (by comparison my #Ibanez was $450 and my American Std #Stratocaster was $699 in 1987) . I played my first few "gigs" with the this Avenger and a Traynor TS20 solid state amp! Of course in retrospect i probably could have bought a custom colour 60s Strat for not THAT much more money in 1984...so basically I'm dumb. 🤣 . I have not played (or even looked at!) this guitar in 33 years. I didn't even realize I still had it. The strings are all rusty! I plan to spend some time cleaning and setting it up and seeing if it still works! Stay tuned (because I know you find cheap beat up Japanese guitars riveting!) 😄 . . #japaneseguitars #vantageguitars #vantageavenger #firstguitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitars #vintageguitar #japanvintage #japanvintageguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CC4MjCQhlHC/?igshid=1hvq6zmwv2vwf
