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ZACH MYERS

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

“A 70s Thinline Tele in black. My dad bought me my first couple of guitars, but the first one that I spent a decent amount of money on was that black Thinline ’72 Tele. I’ve always loved semi-hollow guitars, that’s always been a thing for me. My signature [PRS SE] model for almost the last 10 years has been a hollowbody and I don’t know… an f-hole in any guitar will get me. I don’t know why. They’re light and they play great and they play good acoustically, which is another factor that I really love. But that black Tele. I don’t know, there was something about it that made me really want it – and

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