Are there too many signature guitars ?

[BritBass 2]

In both the bass and guitar world back in the eighties/nineties there were just a handful of instruments bearing players signatures . Many artists were directly involved with their development and no doubt offered an alternative to the standards produced at the time . Roll on thirty years plus and the market is now saturated with models with barely any alteration from regular models yet are marketed in association with well known artists .
It would be interesting to find out from others here if they feel the term 'signature' has become too watered down now and is just an easy marketing tool just to shift product.

 

[shade_1313]

Don't know, but there are too many identical topics on this.

 

[BritBass 2]

Don't know, but there are too many identical topics on this.

Agreed on that one , had technical problems resulting in multiple postings , contacted admin.

 

[Iridescentone]

In both the bass and guitar world back in the eighties/nineties there were just a handful of instruments bearing players signatures . Many artists were directly involved with their development and no doubt offered an alternative to the standards produced at the time . Roll on thirty years plus and the market is now saturated with models with barely any alteration from regular models yet are marketed in association with well known artists .
It would be interesting to find out from others here if they feel the term 'signature' has become too watered down now and is just an easy marketing tool just to shift product.

Yes, this is absolutely becoming a serious problem lately. There are way too many choices and variations of models for musicians nowadays. And we all know "having choices" is bad. Very bad.

The question is....what can we do about it, and how should we go about punishing evil manufacturers for making them, and buyers who insist on spending their money as they see fit? Battle stations, everyone!