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

“When I was eight years old, I started saving up for my first guitar, and then on my ninth birthday my grandma paid the extra 50 euros that I needed to buy a Squier Affinity Series Telecaster. I think it was, like, 400 euros. I was heavily into Metallica and that was the reason why I wanted to play guitar as a nine year old. I had my first guitar lessons and my guitar teacher put some sheet music in front of me and said, ‘Okay, this is the first song you're going to learn,’ and I was like, ‘This is not what I expected…’ I just wanted to play Metallica and shred! Then, when I was 13, I discovered Nirvana and

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