guitarmann199 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 what are your thoughts? personally i dont like them i think you need to find your own sound and play what feels right to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Meh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Les Pauls are signature guitars by the way. I do not like or dislike them based on the fact that they are signatures or not, if a guitar has the set of specifications that I like and happens to be a signature guitar I would buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I like em...the next guitar of mine is a Chuck Shuldiner tribute stealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homz Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Depends on the guitar. I'm not a PRS fan, but one of the Santana models (with brazillian rosewood) is quite interesting to me. But who can afford a $10k+ guitar. Mostly I am under the firm opinion that a Gibson LP Standard is the best sounding guitar that exists. I don't know how one improves on perfection. But that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Nah. All the makers have gone way overboard with the sig models anyway. If an artist had a guitar customized in some innovative and unique way and it created a stir I might understand them getting a signature model but not just because they have a fan club and they play a certain model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I like them, they give you pretty good insite to the artist. Like if it's just a throw together basic model that looks kinda like the Artist, then you know they're just in it for a little dough. But you take the Jimmy Vaughan Strat, he really cares about music, blues, and working musicians. His MIM strat has a one peice maple neck, Tex Mex pick ups, popular vintage colors, and His Signature on the Back. That's what impressed me most, he wanted the buyer to have a suped up classic looking Strat for the stage that looks just like a nice classic strat from the audience. No Ego What so ever. Eric Johnsons Strat is so different from traditional strat it almost need a new name. The Gary Moore Les Paul is quite a creation, too. Without him there wouldn't be an "Affordable" BFG Les Paul (By Affordable I mean less that $3,500) Plus they give people something besides Beanie Babies to collect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I think an AXE® model signature Firebird would be killer. But, would that mean I would have to tell what has "really" been done to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I wouldn't mind seeing more of those Clapton cut AXEs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Everyone here is trying to play like their heros in some way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Everyone here is trying to play like their heros in some way or another. Not everyone. I am my own hero. I don't play covers nor do I want to. I don't follow whats trendy or now". I play My sh!t My way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayla Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 For me, no. (Tho' if I ever find one of those Robert Johnson models at a bargain basement price, I'll most certainly change my tune, at least in that one instance...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Not everyone. I am my own hero. I don't play covers nor do I want to. I don't follow whats trendy or now". I play My sh!t My way! Yes but you are influenced by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Yes but you are influenced by them. That's not what blue said or what I said. Completely different subject matter. Being influenced does not mean trying to play like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignotum-Per-Ignocious Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I like em...the next guitar of mine is a Chuck Shuldiner tribute stealth. I saw a demo for one of those. I'm not into that sort of aesthetic style but it was actually a pretty cool guitar. I'm not one of signature models. There are exceptions (the Dg-335 was awesome) but generally I wouldn't pick one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Everyone here is trying to play like their heros in some way or another. True, but I suck all by myself, no point in blaming any of my heroes for it. I deserve all the credit for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I saw a demo for one of those. I'm not into that sort of aesthetic style but it was actually a pretty cool guitar. I'm not one of signature models. There are exceptions (the Dg-335 was awesome) but generally I wouldn't pick one out. Its one of the best guitar for distortion out there right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I posted soething similar on the Acoustic Forum. The overwhelming vote was "No Sigs". Sorry, I might like a good sig, but no one's given me one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienAzrael Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 They're cool depending on what they are...Sometimes they have some nice upgrades too....I own several different signature model guitars, and for me it's never been about going after someone else's tone as much as it was I just liked the guitar and who it was made for....I'll admit I used certain artists specs to figure out what I liked, but it was only a starting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I wouldn't mind seeing more of those Clapton cut AXEs... There's a lot of big names that use a Clapton Strat, like Mike Rutherford. So one day there might be a Mike Rutherford signarure Eric Clapton Strat. Has it ever been debated on here whether or not a Les Paul is a Signature guitar or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I always said no right up until I found and purchased the Warren Haynes Signature. No name or marking of any kind on it on it anywhere just a perfect guitar with my favorite features included. Starts as a plain top R8 Solid Mahogany body not weight relieved Bone Nut Schaller installed at factory BB pickups CAE unity Gain Preamp installed with microswitch The only thing that remotely has anything to do with Warren Haynes is the COA which has a picture of him holding the guitar and his signature. Warren actually is my favorite player alive and probably second favorite after Duane Allman so I actually enjoy having a guitar like his. It doesn't make me sound like Warren (damn that would have been nice) but he does know what a guitar should have on it and it's now my #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callen3615 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Ive got a sig but I dont prefer them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 True, but I suck all by myself, no point in blaming any of my heroes for it. I deserve all the credit for that. Im with ya on that one buddy! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I have an SRV strat and I love it. Sure when people see it they sometimes expect SRV chops. I've known people who would replace the pickguard and then that expectation isn't there. I like them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSoto Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Not everyone. I am my own hero. I don't play covers nor do I want to. I don't follow whats trendy or now". I play My sh!t My way! Man, I'm starting to like you a lot more (yeah, I know, you probably don't give a sh!t). No. No sigs for me. Except if it's something really innovative and really different and hyper cool (like LPs). I love listening to Yngwie J. Malmsteen, but I wouldn't like a guitar with his name on it. Just like they have their personal taste on what qualities their guitars have, so do I. I believe that there's nothing sadder than trying to sound like someone else. It's like not having a personal voice or emotion or I don't know. One love stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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