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STEVE GUNN

What was the first serious guitar that you bought with your own money?

“My parents gifted me the first guitar that I ever played, which was an Alvarez acoustic. It was one of those deals where if you walk into a big guitar store, they’re on display and you can snag them for Christmas or something like that. That was my first acoustic. And then when I was a young teenager I worked at a little ice cream store and saved up money. The first guitar I bought was on a super impulse, based on what

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