Signed or Not Signed?

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How do you prefer your signature guitars (Grissom, Ori, Santana, etc)...

Signed by it's namesake or not?

FOR: I had a DGT that was signed on the back of the headstock by David. I liked that a lot.

AGAINST: I have seen other cool guitars signed on the top of the body and the 1st thing that came to mind was "I wonder how easily that will come off?"

 

[PRSHB2]

Nothing on the front for me. YMMV

 

[WEDGE]

Back of headstock by PRSh......yes

On the body ............kills it

 

[mcbprs]

Back of headstock by PRSh......yes

On the body ............kills it

As the man said

 

[Michael B]

I agree, nothing on the top! Tremonti signed the back of the headstock on mt Tremonti and I love it!!

 

[MykeWright]

Back of the headstock works for me, although it's a "Luthier Sig" rather than "Artist Sig" guitar........and Howie's not TedMc......

 

[JMintzer]

Back of the headstock only for me...

Jamie

 

[iahawk36]

Back or front of the headstock signed is cool!!

 

[László]

Back of headstock or control cavity cover by the maker(s) only.

 

[veinbuster]

Back of headstock or control cavity cover by the maker(s) only.

That works and I like it.

 

[Daniel]

A signature model signed by the artist on the back is cool.

 

[OsirisProtocol]

I'm all for back of the headstock signatures. I actually had my SCT signed twice, once on the back of the headstock and again on the control cavity cover. I ended up removing the cover and putting on a clean one to preserve the signature. I really don't get the whole signing the body thing and wouldn't want it done to any guitar I ever owned. As for the signature model thing I'm a weird bird. I wouldn't own a signature guitar to begin with outside of the Tremonti (my exact idea of what a singlecut style guitar should be) and a Santana (out of pure respect for the man) but if I ever bought these guitars I'd definitely go for a headstock signature.

 

[docbennett]

Let's put it this way....If Carlos offered to sign the front top of any of my Santana models....who am I to turn him down???

 

[Aldwyn]

Don't want mine signed, thanks!

With that said, I do have several control cover plates signed by PRSH, but that's a little different then signing the actual guitar...

 

[KazJY]

The front of my headstock is signed by Paul (instead of the inlay signature). I think it's cool to have that. I don't want them to sign the front of the actual guitar when the flame or quilt or goldtop looks so sweet already. I think a signature is a nice keepsake and reminder of a meeting though. control plate, headstock, certificate- it's all good! I'd love to tell DG and PRSh in person how much I dig the guitars, and sure, I'll have em sign the back of the headstock.

Two things come to mind:

When I met Eric Johnson to have him sign my EJ Strat (now gone, unfortunately), he looked at me for a second, and I said "on the back of the headstock", and he went "alright, that's good!"

Adrian Smith, in the Iron Maiden Flight 666 documentary signs the front of a kid's guitar, looks at the camera, and says "well, ruined another nice guitar!" lol.

 

[Danerada]

Headstock is cool...never never never on the front or back of the body...I bought a Larrivee off a guy who had it signed my Tommy Emmanuel. I paid him less than he wanted for it because it had been "defaced" and then as soon as I got it home, I took the sig off. Now if it had been on the headstock, I would have kept it....

 

[BrownDog]

Hans - and here it is - a gig this past Saturday at Winslow's in Kansas City. The DGT gets played regularly - it's breaking in nicely; no longer minty! David's sig on the the back of the headstock gives a little extra mojo when played!

With tone and oneness, Mike

 

[Jedi]

No signatures....thank you.

 

[Jester]

Back of the headstock. Under the finish, even better.

 

[David Eaton]

Back of the headstock, Grissom and PRS. I'd do it again with my other DGTs in a heartbeat: