Worst/Ulgliest/Dumbest "Signature" models thread.

[chefcraig]

...If you are not a household name, or a legendary icon in rock music, why in the FUCK do you think you deserve to have a signature model?????

Being a nobody, for the life of me I can not fathom why anyone would wish to duplicate or live the "chef" experience by owning one of my guitars. I mean, the instrument would be soaked in beer, missing some strings and you couldn't even play the damned thing if you wanted to, because it's either locked up at my ex-wife's house, in storage or has already been sold off at a post-divorce garage sale. Hell, it would be a better idea to purchase the "chef-brand" hammer, which you could use to knock yourself in the skull with. It would certainly be cheaper, and you'd pretty much end up with the same "experience" that I've had.

[indeedido]

[Hardrock69]

Just to clarify, lol, that sentence should read: "...If you are not a household name, or a legendary icon in rock music, why in the FUCK do you think you deserve to have a signature model bearing your name built and marketed by a guitar company?????"


Ha! The "Chef-Brand Hammer"!

[Diamondjimi]

One of the ongoing topics of discussion between my best friend and I is how guitarists who only have a few albums out and who did not arrive on the public scene until just a few years ago already have a signature model.

We laugh at this.

I can see an iconic guitarist (spEd, Beck, Page, Clapton, Rhodes, Downing, Hendrix, Malmsteen, etc.) having one, but now apparently Joe Blow can have a signature model.

I mean, there are guitarists now I have never even heard of or read anything about, much less HEARD, who have signature models.

I find it stupid.

If you are not a household name, or a legendary icon in rock music, why in the FUCK do you think you deserve to have a signature model?????

Agreed. There iseems to be zero criteria for a sig.model these days, it seems. It's not about paying homage to a player for his/her contributions to guitar. It's only about moving product.
I think it "cheapens" a company's credibility.

Couldn't tell ya a single tune this guy's(DJ Ashba) written, yet he has his own line of signature Ovations. (Not dissin him Jay, I know he's a friend. But jus' sayin....)

[jhale667]

Agreed. There iseems to be zero criteria for a sig.model these days, it seems. It's not about paying homage to a player for his/her contributions to guitar. It's only about moving product.
I think it "cheapens" a company's credibility.

Couldn't tell ya a single tune this guy's(DJ Ashba) written, yet he has his own line of signature Ovations. (Not dissin him Jay, I know he's a friend. But jus' sayin....)

No offense taken, and though a gig like his in GnR is still nothing to sneeze at, I still agree with your overall statement. It does seem like everyone has a "signature" model these days.

[indeedido]

Don't forget Dave Navarro and his signature Epiphone acoustic. He's an acoustic wizard. You know, the guy from that TV show that used to be married to that whore than Dennis Rodman used to beat up.

[Hardrock69]

Oh, THAT guy that used to be married to THAT whore.

[Diamondjimi]

Don't forget Dave Navarro and his signature Epiphone acoustic. He's an acoustic wizard. You know, the guy from that TV show that used to be married to that whore than Dennis Rodman used to beat up.

Oh, THAT guy that used to be married to THAT whore.

[jhale667]