Do you have any artist signature guitars in your collection?

Aornic

Many honestly.

Reverend Billy Corgan BC-1
PRS Silver Sky
Ibanez JEM
ESP KH-2
LTD Snakebyte

Bit of a cheat but I put together a partscaster based on Gilmour's Red Strat, with his EMG pickups.

grungebob

Yeah I have these 2

In the past I’ve had a Kurt Cobain Jaguar and mustang , a mark tremonti LP and a Shaun Morgan schecter. 

The two SS’s above are about as perfect for my needs as I can get without spending silly amounts of money. 

maltingsaudio

My Musicman Y2D , it might be a pic of @BigAl100 ’s as his is almost identical!

Blueingreen

I've owned 2 Les Pauls, 2 PRS DGTs and a Yamaha Nathan East bass. I still have one Les Paul and the N East bass.  In no case did the signature make me more likely to buy the instrument: I'd hardly paid any attention to East before buying and I knew I wanted a Les Paul and later a DGT before I knew anything about the players they were named after.

There are some players whose signature models I wouldn't buy, no matter how good the guitar.  Not necessarily because I didn't like the player, more because I would feel that having the guitar would imply something about my playing or taste that wasn't true.

jasonbone75

jasonbone75 said:

Current: Music Man Majesty various and a JP15

Have had: JEM and Universe

Artist signature is not a purchase decision though - they are simply better than anything else for what I require (be that from the rest of the Music Man range or any other manufacturers).

Doh!! And as if to demonstrate the common theme here - I missed a couple because I don't even think of them as signature models - PRS SE Holcomb 6 and 7 string one of each. Bit ordinary and not even close when compared to the Music Man models I have but bought for specs above anything else.

ICBM

Patrick James Eggle parlour, Jake Bugg signature model. I am a fan, although that's not really why I bought it, I just liked it as a guitar.

hollywoodrox

I’ve got a Slash Appetite although it’s up for sale . Also had an Yngwie Japanese Strat 
  I Really Like Ibanez Jems too . 

SRD81

Michael Landau ‘63 Strat. Not a massive fan, just liked the guitar and it’s a belter!

Benm39

Hmmm, just one so far.  A LTD Bill Kelliher Eclipse in drab green.

stickyfiddle

Offset said:

stickyfiddle said:

Do these count? I have a few now... 

Tom's?

Ha! No. He was my grandfather… !!

topdog91

I've always thought signature guitars are rather silly as invariably the artist didn't use them for their seminal material, rather they got a signature after they were known. So I only have three, Akerfeldt, Akesson, Kotzen.

Pete.R

I had an €piphone B.B.King Lucille for many years,

meanwhile only one 'Signature Guitar' in my collection, €pi Dave Navarro 'Jane'

I really don't care about it being someones signature - I just like the specs of the guitar

https://i.imgur.com/gck5yXS.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mNRgX9T.jpg

thermionic

I never really liked the idea of signature guitars, but I finally succumbed. It couldn’t be anything else for me.

https://i.imgur.com/5T4dEl6.jpg

Grampa

Had a PRS SE Zach Myers, but no more.

rze99

Yeah

I couldn't resist this Eric Johnson Strat in EC "Blackie" configuration. My first maple neck Strat ever. formerly owned by  one @JohnCordy  (thanks John). Got it for the superb specs and pickups and it hasn't disappointed. I floated the trem because a Strat without trem makes no sense to me and never has,  Not a massive Strat guy these days more Teles and P90 guitars, but this is a lovely guitar 

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Musicman20

Les Paul and Musicman Albert Lee HH

aconitethrill

Seeing some of these Akerfeldt models is making me (again) regret never picking one up...

icu81b4

Ernie Ball MusicMan EVH - Because it’s Eddie and it’s an excellent guitar.
PRS DGT - Because it’s an excellent reliable and versatile guitar to gig with.

Gemsdals

Bigsby said:

Reverend Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk:

Not really a fan of Reeves Gabrels, but it combines many things I like into one guitar, and it is unusual amongst 'signature' guitars in being a unique design, albeit based on the Sensei shape. It's roughly 335 sized, semi-hollow, but with a strat-like body carve - which I've not seen on any prior large semi-hollow guitar, but adds enormously to the comfort. Other plusses for me: Six-a-side headstock, ebony board, dot inlays, rail hammer pickups, phase switching/kill switch, bass contour, Bigsby (in the right location - not too close to the bridge), 60s styling references and purple burst finish... Gotta give Gabrels credit where it's due.  

I have the same. Cracking guitar.

https://i.imgur.com/Z2im1i7.jpg

jeztone2

I imported my Kotzen from Ishibashi back in March 2005. It was my main guitar for about a decade. I also had a Kotzen Strat. But my brother owns it now. I’m not particularly a fan. I just wanted a tele with a chunky neck & big frets. To me it’s more like a Les Paul than a Tele. The amount of midrange coming from it acoustically is insane. 

I did try out a Gibson Alex Lifeson Les Paul some years ago as I’m a massive Rush fan & we just didn’t bond.