The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender.
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In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.
I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.
I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.
I don't recall getting a first guitar.
I remember one of the first gigs I played with that amp was at a local church. They wanted someone to fill in with the guitar and my friend say, 'Ah, he can play.' And so I dragged the amplifier down and started playing and everybody started yelling 'turn it down!'
The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957.
My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger.
I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.