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Location: CA | Saw this and after I had a good belly laugh, wondered if the signatures actually made this guitar worth SOMETHING more than its $300 or so purchase price — though certainly not $2000.
And how would you do a provenance on this? Seems like I'd need to see pics of the people actually signing...
http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/msg/2623999736.html
(Also, if my eyes don't deceive me, Martina McBride's signature is also there — and the seller didn't even mention it!)
I don't know, but get the impression, that people buy cheap guitars and — I guess — wait outside the stage door for stars to sign them. Then they sell them. Kind of like signed baseballs. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally by Oddball:
Saw this and after I had a good belly laugh, wondered if the signatures actually made this guitar worth SOMETHING more than its $300 or so purchase price To me... It is worth Less cuz now it has all that crap written on the front.
But it depends on what you want it for...
I sold a BC Rich "Body Art" Warlock to someone in Canada who wanted it to hang on a wall in a Bar.
I don't know, but get the impression, that people buy cheap guitars and — I guess — wait outside the stage door for stars to sign them. Then they sell them. Kind of like signed baseballs. I get the same impression...
Do ANY of those artists actually play an Ovation? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I consider an artist's signature the same as art itself. It may hold significant value to some people and absolutely none to others. Sometimes it depends upon the circumstances of how it was obtained. Glen Campbell signed one of my Ovations back stage before one of his shows in Denver, but I don't think of it as adding any monetary value to the guitar. Now, if I had Chet Atkin's or Les Paul's signature on one of their namesake models, I might feel differently. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Oddball:
I don't know, but get the impression, that people buy cheap guitars and — I guess — wait outside the stage door for stars to sign them. Then they sell them. Kind of like signed baseballs. Well... I've done it once, for Al Di Meola, but it was an Al Di Meola signature model and not a cheapo. It's not a dislpay only thing in a shrine or collection queen or anything like that. As a matter of fact, it's my #1 giggin acoustic.
And as to why someone would want to f' up the front of their guitar, I have no idea. I guess if it's a cheapo, it's OK, but I couldn't bring myself to do it on any of my USA made customs.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Damon, yours makes sense (and doesn't deface the guitar). Most of them detract from the value of the guitar as far as I'm concerned - sort of like a finish crack or a ding. |
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| I wish I could post a link to an outrageous Craigslist ad but I think it was deleted.
Basically some guy was selling later grey-burst Viper electric with signatures of members of KISS circa 1994. It looked atrocius to say the least not to mention the price that he listed - 4 grand. :eek: |
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Location: NJ | I was once offered a bonnie raitt signed squire strat and was asked what it was worth.
I said if you can get some goof off and get all the traces of the signature off $50 |
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Location: Veedersburg, Indiana | I know who Mark Chestnutt is, and I know Martina McBride. But who the hell are the other two? Why would anyone want signatures of unknowns? I don't think I'd be interested. Maybe if the guitar was signed by someone like Johnny Cash, Elvis, Original Kingston Trio members, Hank Sr. You get the idea. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | When I was a child growing up in Los Angeles, I was a huge Dodgers fan. On one occasion, I was standing along the left field line at Dodger Stadium during batting practice when two Dodger pitchers walked by. I called out to them and held up a baseball and pen. They both walked over and signed it for me. The ball is worth maybe a dollar or two, but having been signed by Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, both Hall of Famers, its worth a lot more to me. |
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Location: Italia, Zianigo di Mirano (Venezia) | maybe this is off topic: I have a Marshall speaker cabinet 4x12, and the back is the signature of Jim Marshall with a personal dedication ....just a little satisfaction :cool: |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by ProfessorBB:
I consider an artist's signature the same as art itself. It may hold significant value to some people and absolutely none to others. Exactly. In many cases, people are collecting the signature, the medium is not as relevant in most cases. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | And then there are those who have their names inlaid into the fretboard on their own guitars. Very tacky, in my opinion, but there IS a way to have a clean looking fretboard and your name on it too.
I'll show you what I mean someday soon... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally by alan814:
I know who Mark Chestnutt is, and I know Martina McBride. But who the hell are the other two? Why would anyone want signatures of unknowns? I don't think I'd be interested. Maybe if the guitar was signed by someone like Johnny Cash, Elvis, Original Kingston Trio members, Hank Sr. You get the idea. The intriguing thing is that one of them signed with a list of their "HITS"...
If you have to tell me what your Hits were... Were they really hits?
(Dude, if you have tell my why you are famous... You're not Famous :p ) |
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Location: CA | OMA — excellent point: "If you have to tell me your hits..." LOL
ProfessorBB — wow, what a memory rush. Koufax and Drysdale were my heros growing up in Pasadena. Never got their sigs, but spent many a night with my transistor radio going beneath the pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping.
When I mentioned the baseball analogy, I meant in the sense that some people apparently take a bag of balls to any autograph session, get them signed and then sell them. If I had a ball and two of my heros signed it for me, right in front of me, it takes on a whole new meaning. I would probably want to be buried with it. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | 
I'm glad I got Glen to sign the Bluebird
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Location: nashville | I have a lot of signatures from shows. Train,CSN&Y (all at difference times).Sister Hazel,Toad the Wet S. Earl Scruggs,John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Emmyluo, Elvis Costello,Steve Earl etc etc. I use guitar Strap and working on my 4th one. This way when I get old maybe it will help me remember some of the great times I had going to shows. I was told one time the signature only added value was the value of the signature. Unless you are selling to AL. |
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Location: Michigan | I want slip and brian to sign my picks :) |
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Opinions on signed guitars...?