stupid Fender "Road Worn" gimmick

oh yeah that's a rough one. cornell will always be a gretsch player to me.

Fender gave Ben Gibbard a sig mustang recently...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwJnyelGb0

Jeff Skunk Baxter sig Epiphone acoustic

Lee Ritenour 'Ibanez Signature Model' Guitar ad, 1981 pic.twitter.com/2rvk8DnpIv

— Barney Hurley (@barneyhurley1) April 10, 2021

Lee Ritenour Ibanez

that strikes me as one of those you could pick up cheap and it would be better quality that a gibson that cost hundreds more

Could be
Wonder how much one goes for these days

does he have a signature synthaxe model too?

One would hope

relic guitars always make me think of the kids who didn't know how to skate that you'd see scratching their decks or grinding their trucks on curbs

Posers

we should do a thread on "people you are surprised have a signature guitar model" because that happens to me on a weekly basis

I find signature models offputting for reasons I can't fully justify, even though the guitars themselves are sometimes quite good.

One signature model that I've always been a little bemused by is Squier's Simon Neil strat, which stuck around for a few years. It's actually a great shade of Fiesta Red, but every time I see one, it reminds me that I've still never heard Biffy Clyro.

Who?

The Bono Gretsch is pretty cringey

https://gretschguitars.com/gear/build/hollow-body/g6136i-bono-falcon-hollow-body-with-cadillac-tailpiece/2411409846

I mean, it's probably a pretty decent instrument, but no one in the universe thinks of Bono as a guitar player.

Boner sig gtr? Gtfo

guitars with slogans on them really stand the test of time.

I hate when they even put the signatures on the front of the headstock. Should be on the neckplate if anything.

#shame/ I like the Noel Gallagher Union Jack epiphone

Pick guard is the worst

A vision board on the pick guard

Now there is a guitar that actually would be more palatable if someone went over it with a belt sander.

razed by wolves

Rory Gallagher, who rode a motorcycle named 'Authenticity', would surely have approved of this relic oh wait no he probably wouldn't...
Rory Gallagher Signature Stratocaster

How about the Jason Smith Builder Select Garage Mod Stratocaster? 'Garage mod' in the sense that it looks like its been knocking around in a garage for a few years.

Alternatively, do you want a guitar that looks like it's been stored in a basement that flooded? Try one of the Fender Custom Shop Super Heavy Relics.
https://images.guitarguitar.co.uk/cdn/large/170/200918362198025-6352252b_03.jpg?h=500&maxwidth=770&scale=canvas&bg=ffffff&quality=70

I read something a long time ago that claimed that Gallagher actually 'reliced' his own guitar - there's the story about it being stolen and found in a ditch but that didn't actually do much damage and he stripped it himself in the late '60s.