The 10 Best Signature model guitars...

stonevibe

Yeah, so I went there. Feel free to chip in and tell me I am wrong.

https://www.gearnews.com/from-slash-and-hendrix-to-evh-and-hetfield-the-10-best-signature-guitars/

Grampa

Just picked up a PRS SE Zach Myers, should definitely be on the list of top 10 signature models. 

ZenOvertone

Both niche but how about the Brian May Red Special plus the Fender YJM Strat (in production since the mid 80s IIRC)?  

stonevibe

Grampa said:

Just picked up a PRS SE Zach Myers, should definitely be on the list of top 10 signature models. 

Yeah, good choice

DB1

Gibson's L-5 Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Barney Kessel and BB's Lucille are all pretty worthy.,

chrisj1602

The Johnny Marr Jaguar is a great guitar, very usable modifications.

stonevibe

chrisj1602 said:

The Johnny Marr Jaguar is a great guitar, very usable modifications.

Yes, nice guitar, but I don't get on with Jags...

DB1

Surely Gretsch's Brian Setzer models should be on the list.

stonevibe

DB1 said:

Surely Gretsch's Brian Setzer models should be on the list.

Nah, it's not exactly 'the best', good but wouldn't be on my radar.

stonevibe

ZenOvertone said:

Both niche but how about the Brian May Red Special plus the Fender YJM Strat (in production since the mid 80s IIRC)?  

Too specialist, both super distinctive to the artist and so not ones I would have chosen.

phil_b

PRS silver sky

Kebabkid

I've had on loan recently an EBMM Albert Lee (HH) and it was fantastic.

I also like and rate the Duesenberg Mike Campbell Starplayer

stonevibe

phil_b said:

PRS silver sky

No...

Philly_Q

The Clapton Strat's been in production for a long time and the electronics make it more than just another run-of-the-mill Strat.

And surely the Jem should be in there.  Maybe even the JS models.

stonevibe

Philly_Q said:

The Clapton Strat's been in production for a long time and the electronics make it more than just another run-of-the-mill Strat.

And surely the Jem should be in there.  Maybe even the JS models.

Mentioned two of those in the article fella

tone1

A nice broken in PRS DGT with hollow birds

PonchoGreg

I'm very surprised the Clapton strat (the regular production model) isn't on Thomann's best-selling list, when the Morello strat is... Times change, I guess! Not taking anything away from Morello (I love him) and he's not exactly a spring chicken either, but still.

So yeah, the Clapton strat would definitely be on my list, probably one of the longest-running sig models? And there must be hundreds of thousands out there.

Would also put the PRS Santana in there, another very long-standing artist/manufacturer association. It also basically launched the SE line for PRS, which is a pretty important milestone.

Philly_Q

stonevibe said:

Philly_Q said:

The Clapton Strat's been in production for a long time and the electronics make it more than just another run-of-the-mill Strat.

And surely the Jem should be in there.  Maybe even the JS models.

Mentioned two of those in the article fella

Yeah, I noticed after I wrote the comment.  But I don't really understand why they're not in the top 10 over some of the others you did include.

Just thinking about the signature models I've owned... Jimmie Vaughan Strat, Robert Cray Strat, Pete Townshend SG Special, Billy Sheehan Attitude Limited bass and Lee Roy Parnell CS-336.  None on your list.

stonevibe

The top Thomann ones are certainly guitars I wouldn't have guessed and I agree on Clapton. And the Santana is great, just I prefer the DGT and the Clapton I mentioned at the end of the article.

themeinside

My main problem is ranking Ride the Lightning over Master of Puppets... 

stonevibe

Philly_Q said:

stonevibe said:

Philly_Q said:

The Clapton Strat's been in production for a long time and the electronics make it more than just another run-of-the-mill Strat.

And surely the Jem should be in there.  Maybe even the JS models.

Mentioned two of those in the article fella

Yeah, I noticed after I wrote the comment.  But I don't really understand why they're not in the top 10 over some of the others you did include.

Just thinking about the signature models I've owned... Jimmie Vaughan Strat, Robert Cray Strat, Pete Townshend SG Special, Billy Sheehan Attitude Limited bass and Lee Roy Parnell CS-336.  None on your list.

Well, the first 5 are based on Thomann sales and last 5 are ones I either own or rate highly. So without the Thomann models, I probably would have had a JEM and a Clapton in the list.