Learned to play my first chords on an old Harmony archtop that my daddy owned, the guitar disapeared sometime in the 70"'s (think my druggie brother sold it) but even with rusty strings (my dad believed wasting money on strings was a sin and if it wasn't broke it was fine) I still managed to make music of a sort. Sure wish I still had that box, I think we all miss our first guitars. PS does anyone else remember buyin Black Diomand strings one at a time ha ha, this question is for the old guys.