Active Quote by Greg Howard

When I first learned guitar - when I was 14 or 15 - I had an older cousin who showed me some stuff. And…

— Lee Ranaldo

There were some initial instruments I had when I was young and made some trade-offs. Maybe a guitar I bought in a flea market.…

— John Petrucci

I'm always scouring the universe for great old instruments from the '50s and early '60s. That's really, for me, the golden age of basses,…

— Geddy Lee

Many were starting to use computerized synthesizers & drum machines to produce an entirely new style of music. It was being punted by the…

— Pete Townshend

It is difficult to understand the fortunes of an instrument. There was music written for the guitar until the mid-19th century. Then the instrument…

— Julian Bream

My father played one of the first electric guitars in England. He built his own in 1940, because you couldn't buy them in those…

— Julian Bream

I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top…

— Lee Ritenour

My first instrument was the drums. Not quite sure why I quit and changed to guitar, but I'm sure my parents might have convinced…

— Jill Sobule

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

— Don Henley

I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a…

— Z'EV

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until…

— Chuck Brown