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JOIN THE DISCORD VIEW THREADHold up… “rented” ?! You could freaking rent guitars back in the day ?!I started in 1984 (ish) with a rented Fender Mustang and a tiny Peavey combo amp. The first guitar I owned was an Aria Pro II "Explorer" knockoff and a Sunn tube amp with a 1x12 and DOD Supra Distortion pedal. A couple years later, I bought my first "professional" guitar, a 1990 Ibanez RG550. I still have it.
Yup! I’ve got a friend who used to play bass, and he started out by renting his gear.Hold up… “rented” ?! You could freaking rent guitars back in the day ?!
I did not know this was a thing ! That’s so cool !Yup! I’ve got a friend who used to play bass, and he started out by renting his gear.
LOL. Yeah, it was a small local music store. They typically worked with the middle and high schools so students could rent violins and oboes and other shit they used in band and stuff, and so they rented old guitars and amps out, too. I think together it was $15/month and Mom thought that was worth it in case I wound up not sticking with it (there was precedent). After a few months, I bought the Aria from my cousin Bobby who lived like an hour away and rented the amp ($5/mo) until I bought the Sunn amp (also for $100) later that summer. From there it was pedals and stuff until I bought a Fender M-80 half stack and eventually the Roland GP-16 multi-effect unit and foot controller in 90 and 91.Hold up… “rented” ?! You could freaking rent guitars back in the day ?!
You still can rent guitars. They usually have them at music schoolsHold up… “rented” ?! You could freaking rent guitars back in the day ?!
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