I'm v'61...
My very first guitar was some cheap old noname 'strat' copy,... put loosely,... that someone gave to me, when I was 13 ['74]. At first, it only had 5 strings, and the 6th tuning peg was broken. I played it like that for several years, and had to re-learn it all, when I eventually got the 6th string! A cheaper, cheesier guitar you'll never find. Eventually, later on, I gave it to my young brother-in-law, in his pre-teen days. He took it to his friend's house, and someone stepped on it, and snapped it in two. [Memories!...]
>My first serious guitar was the '82
Ibanez Blazer, which I still play today, in fact, it's right here, and never too far out of reach. Despite having many newer guitars, I still do most of my playingon the Blazer! [You never forget your first!...]
>My first bass was the Peavy T-40. That's one helluva nice bass, and super-heavy! It weighs a ton! In fact, I still have it, and it's in pristine like-new condition!
>My first 'taping' was tape-to-tape 'overdubs' on cassette. Very primitive and totally cheesy. The hiss was out-of-this world! I blew out at least one mic input by plugging my guitar into it, and overdriving the living hell out of it! It sounded really fat, until smoke came out of it! [Ah, those were the days!...]
>My first 'real' tape deck was the '82 Tascam 244 Portastudio, and I still have it today, it's sitting right here on my right. I've done many productions on that, and basically learned my recording chops on it. For a while, it served as an inhouse PA mixer, and I still use it occasionally today,... especially when reviewing all those old cassettes that were originally 4-tracked on it. Now it has a flaky track 3, that I have to dig into to repair,... someday. Probably just a loose connection or cold solder joint.
>I also had the Yamaha
MM10 mixer and MA10 headphone amp, [not MH10...], as well as the Realistic Electronic Reverb. A cheaper and cheesier reverb will never be found. I still have this gear today, and will occasionally plug into the MA10 headphone amp, just for old time's sake.
>My first mics were the Teac ME-20's, electret condenser mics, and I still have them today, but I think they need repair to the cables. A little later, I got a Teac ME-80. Yep, still have it!
>My first guitar amp was the original Fender Champ, that served me well, but has been basically retired for many, many years, since the tubes developed a 'static hiss'. I still have it, though, and it's right here near my left foot, under my desk. Still works, too.
>My first effects were the DOD Overdrive/Preamp-250, Ibanez CP-9 compressor/limiter, and Cry Baby Wah.
-Aw heck, who am I fooling,... I still have ALL the gear I ever bought!