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All great guitars bought purely on looks an features - I do like Van Halen but if I was going to buy a signature guitar for artist association it would be a Slash Les Paul because I love Les Pauls and I love Slash. I may get a Slash one day but that would be a purchase purely for the artist association as I have a Les Paul that is fantastic already.
I am however in the market for a PRS Tremonti. I do love Tremonti but that's again not the motivation for the purchase... I love Les Pauls and want a Les Paul with a trem but I don't like Floyds and I like the fit and finish of a PRS... what else would I get?
Whatever your motivation for purchase, artist guitars offer something slightly different that off-the-peg guitars (for the most part, some are just bog standard guitars with an artists name on them!) so whether you like the artist or not, if the guitar is something you think you can inspire you then go ahead!
The Trohmann Tele Squier for the 1 11/16" wide nut, Bjorn Gellotte Epi LPC had a thick profile neck/ebony fingerboard.
I don't think so. Strange- Chuck would have taken the money, no doubt. Maybe there wasn't enough money.
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Granted, most standard'ish sig models don't seem to have too many special specs, but even then, if it's as simple as the fact that a guitar inspires you to play or just makes you happy "because your guitar hero uses a similar guitar", why the heck not? It's also a way to directly support the said guitar hero, so it's a win/win, isn't it? Just be happy with the guitar you have
Generally speaking though, most of my favourite musicians just aren't famous enough for anyone to consider making a signature guitar for them. If Fender made a Robin Guthrie sig '59 Jazzmaster, then I'd know whether the fanboy pull was strong enough.
I said maybe.....
Then it it dawned on me that the Fender Kotzen Telecaster that I'd seen a mini review of in October 2004 Guitarist mag, was more suited to my spec. So I didn't buy the AVRI, then fired off an emailed l to Ishibashi.
My love of telecasters comes from players like Andy Summers & Alex Lifeson (who uses one as a recording guitar). It didn't come from Richie Kotzen. But he's a good player nonetheless. A few months later Fender did the FSR 67 Tele Custom which was basically a 60's Tele Custom with 22 medium jumbo Frets, a modern radius and SCN pickups. Had I found one of them first, I'd have bought that instead. It was really down to the closest guitar to the spec in my head. Every guitar I purchase is based on that. Very few are exactly what I'm after. Take my Les Paul, It sounded great acoustically, but the bridge pickup was too scratchy. A set of Lollars later & voila!
I A/B'd a Shiflette tele vs an American standard tele deluxe and I preferred the Shiflett model because of the rosewood board, flatter neck radius, wider frets and 'regular' humbuckers. That all added up to a better feel, for me. So I bought one, second hand for about 1/3rd of the price of the American equivalent.
It is the signature guitar.
What we should be arguing about is if a guitar with 2 names on it (Gibson Les Paul Joe Perry) is ridiculous or or is it ludicrous.
The Gibson Les Paul is the world's greatest electric guitar (it is joint first with the Fender Stratocaster).
Even the first 2 years of production were awesome if you have the patience to adapt your picking hand, or , if (like Les Paul) you are up for some modest or drastic modding.
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I do agree it's one of Fender's best though.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.