Roger McGuinn Quotes

In early '57, I bought a Fender Telecaster.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

I'm playing a D-28 Martin that I've had about 20 years or so. I've got a '51 Martin and I thought I shouldn't be taking this on the road. So I went down to Gruhn Guitars in Nashville and kind of traded around and ended up with this one. This guitar sounded pretty good as new guitar.

I still play that guitar. It's a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I've played that guitar on and off my TV shows for nearly 50 years.

The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.

I'm also getting an Ovation Legend, because I like them so much.

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

And I only really like to play the acoustic guitar.

I don't really collect guitars.

Nobody seems to play Yamaha electrics, but it's the best guitar I own.

I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.

Strats are my favorite electric guitars, and I've got quite a collection.

The first guitar I ever got was for my 13th birthday.

Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings.

I went to Kalamazoo to get my first Gibsons back in '76.

I started playing the guitar when I was 14. I'm not superstitious about guitars, but I do need strings to be old because that's part of my sound, and I don't like steel strings.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing.

Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play.

As for the first guitar I actually bought, I believe it was a Cherry Red Kramer! I think I bought it because Eddie Van Halen played Kramer, and I remember it had a Rockinger tremolo on it.

The first guitar I ever picked up was an acoustic black Fender, so it makes perfect sense that Elias plays Fender guitars. As far as details, it's simple; Elias and Fender have a great relationship.

My first guitar was a Les Paul that I bought off a friend for 500 bucks. I worked a long time to save up enough money for it.

It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then the instrument declined in popularity.

I started on acoustic guitar after I heard Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy.