First guitar, 2004
Squier California Series Stratocaster. Cheap with a god-awful neck, but it fitted the undergrad budget and was good enough to learn the basics on.
Back from the dead
After 14 years of sitting in storage I finally pulled the trigger on recovering the files off an old hard drive from the university era. Surprisingly, having not been powered on for that entire period, 99% of the files were recoverable (cheers DataLab).
A proper time capsule so far. Exhibit 1: ~2007, the trusty Epiphone Les Paul, and for some reason long lost to history, a “Pakehas know how to party” t-shirt:
Eastwood Airline Map
About 15 years in my possession at this point, and at least 8 years with the previous owner. Still going strong, albeit with tuning that has never been particularly stable due to that Bigsby bridge.
Epiphone Hummingbird Studio
Behold, the new sofa guitar. Hard to beat for value in this price range (solid spruce and mahogany body, Pau Ferro fretboard, thin D-shaped neck), and certainly stands out from the usual acoustic design. Destined for many hours of procrastination/fingertip destruction.