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endsjustifymeans wrote:

the isaac eaton wrote:

stewart wrote:who the hell buys stuff like this? why would you buy it?

Exactly, I don't understand the appeal of signature guitars other then collecting, but even then, that's a lot of money for another piece of a collection. I would never play a signature guitar, I would rather try to get a guitar that I like and not one that my idol likes.

j. mascis jazzy is the only sig that makes me drool.

EDIT: scratch that, I quite like the old gun metal Page Hamilton ESP as well.

J mascis jazzmaster is so pretty, I love anything sparkly purple.

"What’s really key is they want to work with us — to really collaborate."

-because anything with the hendrix name on it will sell?

I'm just wondering how high up Gibson can price them.

well you can bet that the V with hendrix's artwork will be at least 4 grand
you could probably buy yourself an actual '67 V with that money. or a car... or a small african child..

hotrodperlmutter wrote:

jcyphe wrote:The Jeff Beck oxblood they released is a very iconic and memorable guitar, it's just that you young kids don't know shit.

wow. how old are you?

I'm not old but I can appreciate history. I am also not a Fender fan boy. I like some Fender stuff but I'm not in a Fender headlock. I also prefer the sound of Gibsons if you're making an a/b comparison.

Buddy Holly's first guitar he played in the band with the crickets was a LES PAUL GOLD TOP!!!!!! D:

More Cowbell wrote:Buddy Holly's first guitar he played in the band with the crickets was a LES PAUL GOLD TOP!!!!!! D:

I thought it was some sort of semi hollow body. I remember reading an interview where he said that the first time he was given a strat he was amazed that it didn't break when he threw across a road or when it fell off his car or something.

More Cowbell wrote:Buddy Holly's first guitar he played in the band with the crickets was a LES PAUL GOLD TOP!!!!!! D:

also, muddy waters.

hendrix played a danelectro



at the EMP here in seattle they have a Les Paul Custom that he had in the early days. Sooooooo badass looking. absolutely beat to shit, 3 pup w/ bigsby.

Hendrix hated the gays?

stewart wrote:i tend to associate clapton with les pauls, but that's because i've blotted out everything he did post-1969.

that makes it much easier to refrain from murdering him.

mage wrote:

More Cowbell wrote:Buddy Holly's first guitar he played in the band with the crickets was a LES PAUL GOLD TOP!!!!!! D:

also, muddy waters.

and Hubert Sumlin (Howlin Wolf's guitar player) and Chuck Berry's early stuff. Freddie King too before he switched to Gibson Hollowbodies.

The entire reason Clapton picked up a Les Paul he was into Freddie King and on the cover for Hideaway he's holding a Les Paul Goldtop. Clapton got a hold of burst with humbuckers and the rest is history.

Another album cover with a good picture of Freddie King's Goldtop.

BacchusPaul wrote:Hendrix hated the gays?

ha ha ha.

Hendrix Mustang for auction

BacchusPaul wrote:Hendrix hated the gays?

He actually was arrested in Sweden for discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation (trashed hotel room, hotel manager complained, Hendrix called him a fag).

paul_ wrote:

BacchusPaul wrote:Hendrix hated the gays?

He actually was arrested in Sweden for discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation (trashed hotel room, hotel manager complained, Hendrix called him a fag).

HE WAS IN THE MILITARY, DON'T ASK DON'T TELL!

the isaac eaton wrote:

stewart wrote:who the hell buys stuff like this? why would you buy it?

Exactly, I don't understand the appeal of signature guitars other then collecting, but even then, that's a lot of money for another piece of a collection. I would never play a signature guitar, I would rather try to get a guitar that I like and not one that my idol likes.

I'm of a similar opinion but isn't the Les Paul technically a signature model?

I wouldn't say so, it was based on something he had invented rather than being a customized instrument just for him. Also, if you believe the man himself (he was known to get various details of the guitars' origins wrong though), they weren't originally going to label it a Gibson, and that's when he told them to just call it a Les Paul.
The first notable "signature" mass production guitar was the Fender Eric Clapton model in the 80s, 20 years on people are so "sig model" crazy that everyone and his brother goes "lol at a signature LP, isn't it a sig already?"
Well kind of, but not really. Pac-Man wasn't an RPG either.

They had sig models long before Eric Clapton.

A signature model is an endorsed guitar with somebody's name on it. The modern definition of a signature model has come to be an iconic guitar with a history that's copied to capitalize on nostalgia/fandom/popularity but that's not what it was.

Of course the Les Paul model is a signature model, it's right there on the damn headstock. It has just become so ubiquitous people forget.

paul_ wrote:I wouldn't say so, it was based on something he had invented rather than being a customized instrument just for him. Also, if you believe the man himself (he was known to get various details of the guitars' origins wrong though), they weren't originally going to label it a Gibson, and that's when he told them to just call it a Les Paul.
The first notable "signature" mass production guitar was the Fender Eric Clapton model in the 80s, 20 years on people are so "sig model" crazy that everyone and his brother goes "lol at a signature LP, isn't it a sig already?"
Well kind of, but not really. Pac-Man wasn't an RPG either.

According to wikipedia the 'Les Paul' was designed by Ted McCarty and some say that the only contribution Les made was the trapeze tailpiece and the colour... Of course I'm not going to research it thoroughly but I think it does meet the standards for being a signature model and probably the most popular signature model ever.