i guess i remember having a harmonica or two as a small child in grammer school,but my really first guitar was a Stella...a small guitar that cost my mom and dad $12.00 when i was 12 years old...probaly a lot of money back then(1948)and........i still have it!not much on sound(like an old washtub...lol)but great on memories and there's no price tag big enough for those...