My first guitar was a gut string type strung up with steel strings. I think I was about 10. Put nylon strings on it because the steel strings made my fingers hurt, waaaaaa! Think I gave it to my sister when I got a used Conn accoustic that I still have. Next was a new black Memphis Les Paul copy that I also still have. Got that for my 18th birthday 32 years....ah....a long time ago. Bought a used Epiphone Dot last January, and a basket case Memphis Strat copy as a project.