Question about signature guitars?

[Rupe]

I'd nominate Lynch. He has a slew of ESP signature axes. ESP Kami/ LTD Kami, Skulls/ snakes, ESP m1 tiger/ LTD GL600mt/ LTD GL200mt, GL256/ LTD 256, Super V, Serpent, carved skulls (mom), flaming skull, screaming carved skull, and a washburn signature acoustic.

Plus the Ultra-Tone and Grynch baritone.

[The Rossness]

Plus the Ultra-Tone and Grynch baritone.

I forgot those two.

[Axegrinder87]

The Grynch was James Hetfields.

[Axegrinder87]

Holy thread resurrection Batman! Sorry guys.....

[RacerX]

Well, I *am* still waiting for Jayster to post his homework on Paul Stanley...that he promised...

I didn't even think of Paul Stanley, I'll look up his model history later today...

[toejam]

esp - axxion

Interesting how they didn't really want to reveal the full name of the guitar and just used Xs in there. Axxion = Abortion.

[Axegrinder87]

Don't let Dave hear that.....

I just read a recent interview where he said Chris is better than Marty, and he wants himself and Ellefson to tag team with Hetfield and Ulrich for a "supergroup".

Poor delusional Dave. It is obvious who designed that damned Axxion.

[Twitch]

I just read a recent interview where he said Chris is better than Marty.

I agree with you here AG, all Broderick can seem to do is sweep scales endlessly. While Im not a "huge" Marty fan either, at least he shook things up a bit. Sorry for the derailment.

[Axegrinder87]

I think Chris is wonderful, and is a great match for Dave. However Marty, to me and most Megadeth fans, will always be THE lead player. Sorta like Halford with Priest, Barlow with Iced Earth, Randy with Ozzy, etc....

And I thought derailment was the whole point of these things

[Newc]

Of course Dave is going to say Chris is better than Marty. Just like he said Pitrelli was better than Marty. What's he gonna do, say "yeah, the new guy's good, but Marty kicks his ass."

Hell no. If Marty came back Dave would say Marty was better than Broderick and Pitrelli, and even better than "old Marty"


And yeah, I can just see Dave and Lars in the asme band again: two super-egos always competing, not to mention Dave would be relegated to playing leads and not singing. Plus he'd want to do all his crazy off-kilter shit that Metallica stopped doing with Ride the Lightning.

I'm sorry, but it'd be like having KK Downing replace Adrian Smith in Iron Maiden. Both are great at what they do, but they do it great in the context in which they do it.


As for whoever said they wouldn't ever own a sig model, you're only cheating yoruself. Not even going to touch the Les Paul or Rhoads factor, but the Morton is a great guitar, as far as I'm concerned. Granted it's structurally different than Mark's, and probably a different neck profile, but I still think it's a great model as-is.

Needs a Floyd, though

[Jayster]

Well, I *am* still waiting for Jayster to post his homework on Paul Stanley...that he promised...

Holy snot, this must have slipped my mind..... give me a couple of days of digging through guitar history for this one.....

[Newc]

...and he was never seen again....

[Jayster]

Ok, Paul Stanley signature line guitars..... Feel free to help out with this one, as I'm sure I will miss some. However, here's a starting point:

Washburn:
PS80/PS1800/PS2000

PSV2200

PS7200/PS7000

Ibanez:

PS10
ICEMAN


BC Rich : (Also Steinberger and Hamer)
I don't think he had a 'sig' model, but played many different models throughout his career.

Silvertone:

Apocolypse
Soveriegn
Dark Star(Acoustic)



Just a start, feel free to tell me what I've forgotten

[VitaminG]

Of course Dave is going to say Chris is better than Marty. Just like he said Pitrelli was better than Marty. What's he gonna do, say "yeah, the new guy's good, but Marty kicks his ass."

Hell no. If Marty came back Dave would say Marty was better than Broderick and Pitrelli, and even better than "old Marty"

True. It's just good business. I think it's bad to rubbish the guys that have gone, but nothing wrong with playing up that the new guy brings good things to the band.

I'm sorry, but it'd be like having KK Downing replace Adrian Smith in Iron Maiden. Both are great at what they do, but they do it great in the context in which they do it.

good analogy, Newc.

As for whoever said they wouldn't ever own a sig model, you're only cheating yoruself. Not even going to touch the Les Paul or Rhoads factor, but the Morton is a great guitar, as far as I'm concerned. Granted it's structurally different than Mark's, and probably a different neck profile, but I still think it's a great model as-is.

I agree. Not much for the artist replica type guitars - couldn't see myself ever taking the stage with a VHII or a Demartini or a Lynch Serpent graphic or an SRV.

But my Nuno is a very good guitar. So is my Blues Saraceno TV Twenty - chunky comfortable neck profile, ridiculous number of switching options. Neither guitar looks like the dude playing it is trying to be That Guy. They are just good functional instruments with features & options chosen by a musician rather than an R&D guy.

One day I will own a Dominion. The Steve Morse sigs are cool guitars. In fact all of the EB sig models are cool. The George Benson Ibanez is sex on a stick. The Chet Atkins Gretsches are cool. I want an Adrian Smith sig too

[Hellbat]

Well, I have an RR1 and an RR1T so I guess I would be a hypocrite if I said I don't believe in sig models. I also plan on owning a Dominion one day because while I don't find it a pretty guitar I love the specs and it looks incredibly comfortable to play. I keep hoping to win a lottery so I can put up a WTB for one of the CS limited run that was done a while back.

I think it would make a killer blues guitar.