I love that Lee mentions H.I.M. as a band where the musicians were "anti-heroes". I think H.I.M. are great musicians while most people disagree, and Linde is one of the most unique and talented guitarists I've ever heard, he was a great influence for me as a player...
I would think less of the guitar, yes. I don't like buying someone else's guitar. I have my own style, and I'd rather develop it with a generic guitar than follow after someone, even if the specs match what I want more closely.
I like the guitar and I would buy it, in spite of being a G. Coxon signature, who is a guitarist I have nothing to do with. (But I do not hate him.) I like that it has the duncan pu, the ash body and the blonde finish. And I also like the humour of the demo guys.
Awesome review, awesome guitarists, awesome guitar!! I just love this guitar for the fact that it's got the single coil and the humbucker and at such a great price, let alone the sound and look of it. The fact that's it's the Graham coxon signature for me is a bonus as blur were a huge influence on me growing up so it's a good thing for me and even better as it's just a signature Mark on the back of the head. Can't wait to get one :-)
Looking though a wasteland of guitar reviews on YouTube, I'm glad to have stumbled across your channel. I feel like I've learned something about the guitar, and really am impressed by Chappers proficiency in playing so many styles. The signature doesn't sway me either way, but I like the tonal differences between the pickups enough to think it would be worth considering if I was in the market.
Uh, let's see...one of the most classic electric guitars of all time, the Gibson Les Paul, is, wait for it...
A signature model! Countless artists have been using Les Paul's signature model for years, and they don't seem to mind. And if you play a Les Paul and say that you don't like this because it's a signature model...well that just doesn't make sense...
Just bought mine on saturday, sounds great and feels great, espically for the price. i definatley recomend this guitar, espically for punk guitarists like moi
Fender in early 2000 put out a U.S. telecaster. It had a humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge. I'm not sure what tone pots were used. Also it had a five-way switch. I believe Fender called it a "fat" telecaster. It had a tonally different sound.
Sounds great. Those ppl at SD sure know how to make a pickup. The signature is not negative, but not positive either. I tend to think that you always pay a bit extra for a signature model, just for the signature being there, hence less guitar for the money, but I could be wrong about that. What I don't like is that the neck looks a bit thin. I prefer a little fatness in a tele neck. More baseball bat factor, if you catch my drift.
Captain, you are my last hope... I'm on the search for a well-priced Crunchlab-7 pickup for my guitar. I searched through your website but didn't find anything... can you make me an offer, including shipping to Hungary?
The fact that only says his name on the back is cool. It's a gorgeous guitar that sounds absolutely fantastic. I'd love to get my hands on one of these, especially because I'm a Tele type of guy.
i love signature guitars and gear.i feel if its "good enough for them its good enough for me".all my current guitars are sig models.grahams guitar isnt really in your face that its a signature.just a vintage blonde tele with a humbucker,plenty of tose 30 years ago
I knew it was the Graham Coxon sig, as I seen it in Total Guitar, great sound, great guitar, great looks, if a little signature bother's you, your an idiot
I have always said it doesn't matter IF ITS A GREAT GUITAR, BUT.......It can't say BLUR or GRAHAM COXON on the top of the guitar or down the neck. As long as its Subtle and it's not a rediculous signiture model and its what your looking for then I'm in.....
I personally would only buy a signature guitar if it wasn't obvious it was someones signature model. I would buy that Tele (if I actually liked the look of them :P) because it's not too obvious. I just think it feels a bit odd playing someone elses signature guitar on stage, no idea why :P!
I only think less of a signature guitar because that usually means a few hundred more for a sticker of some dude's signature on it. Could be worse, Gibson charges almost double for the same thing...
The Signature dosnt make a slight difference, cant say i am a fan of Blur But am a Massive Tele Fan and that Tele sounds sweet so that is all that matters
Lee mentioned the fretboard being oiled. Can I asked with what? I have been turned off by rosewood fret boards. Maybe if I knew what with, I wont be prejudiced to rosewood fingerboards on guitars.
To me its who the signature human is. I have no issue owning a Joe Satriani signature guitar because he is important to me as a guitarist. Where as the Kurt Cobain signature I didn't look at twice because Kurt is important to me as a person. I don't know why i feel this way
Good question. I have a signature guitar and I don't mind it at all. However, I'm sometimes of the opinion when I see a guitarist with a signature guitar (the B.B. King "Lucille" model, or the Slash Les Paul comes to mind) that I think "they'd better be good -- almost AS good as the original artist" or they look like a kind of poser. So, I imagine others may have the same opinion of me with my signature guitar. I, of course, am better than the original artist :)
like the top comments, nothing fells better to play a guitar that feels yours. i wanted a dean mike amott tyrant, but i wouldnt want to check the headstock and read "mike amott" or see the body and see other band's logo there. it's his image, i want to get my own
That a beauty guitar. ButI do really think the whole illegal wood thing Gibson has had to deal with for the last number of years is complete bullshit.
For that telecaster, it makes me want the guitar more actually, Love Blur. For a lot of other axes though I agree with the guy who commented before me. Although I do want a Synyster Custom - Already have a JS1000 and MM John Petrucci in Mystic Dream for signature axes, but I understand that most people don't want something that makes it very apparent you're playing someone else's guitar
I wouldn't mind buying a signature model, but visually I don't want the guitar to be too obvious regarding it's heritage. Having the artist's name on the back of the head doesn't matter at all. Having a big Opeth-Logo on the front of the body however makes me not buy the Mikael Akerfeldt Signature PRS, although I love Opeth to death. For me the look of an instrument is so essential to the appearance of a player that it would feel weird to wear and "showcase" the symbols of a different artist.
@afroloewe dude i have the same "problem" but all you needa do is buy a cheap "B" stock guitar and replace EVERYTHING. its what i do, and it sounds killer and the best is that you get exactly what you want out of it and if it breaks, then you can just rip the parts out and put them in a different guitar.
@afroloewe haha well you dont like buying brand names, i.e. guitars havin the name of people on them or bands and stuff like that, so i buy a junky guitar and customize it until its all mine.... somethin along those lines haha
@NeutralSnap Oh I do like to buy Guitars by famous brands, as long as they're made how I prefer them. I own a Fender Strat, a Gibson V and would like to have a PRS or Musicman or something like that. But that is because these instruments are relatet to no one else but me.
@afroloewe if i could afford them i would too haha but i own an LTD Viper-50 (bought $100 used at guitar center) and ive currently spend another 500 or 600 on it so not only does it sound better than say a 1500 dollar guitar, but it also has the sound i want. Therefore, it makes the guitar more or less "mine."
I've got John 5 Tele that I bought with absolutely no clue who John 5 was, it was just a great sounding and cool looking guitar. I only found out when I got home and googled J5 Tele what it was. I have quite a few top shelf guitars and this MIM Signature Tele is one of my favourites for playability and tone. I don't care one bit that John 5 is associated with it, and with the styling of this guitar it's hard to miss.
I don't know really what to say about signature guitars. If I was getting an Ibanez JEM7V or some form of a sleek, modern 7 stringed guitar, I could get a signature guitar, but I would hesitate to get just about any other kind. I guess Im afraid of being seen as a poser, or something like that.
Good vid. I think it does make a big difference that it is a sig model. It really shouldn't, but I think I'd actively look for the same attributes on another guitar. Silly really, a very nice guitar.
I probably wouldn't have watched this if you'd had mentioned the artist, so that was clever. It makes no difference. I dig it because of the seymour duncan, color, and I like this type of Tele with the single and the 'bucker, and it doesn't seem expensive for an artist model. It seems more like you're paying for the upgrades, rather than just the artists name. I like the Jimmie Vaughan and Kenny Wayne Shepherd strats for the same reason -- nice upgrades, affordable price.
I like the whole neck focus... First thing I do when I play a guitar I think is intresting is feel the neck. That why I love the road worn series the sanded neck is amazing I recommend it! BTW DO ME A GEAR TOUR DO ME A GEAR TOUR!!!
I dunno. I think it does affect my decision (much as I'd like it not to). I have a signature guitar. But my guitar like this guitar is exactly how *I* would want a guitar of that type anyway.
People I like sway me towards a type of guitar (like most people I guess) and signatures of people I don't like sway me away. But not by much. I'd get this tele if I didn't have my own custom built one.
The signature series doesn't generally influence my buying. I always buy based on 1. how it plays 2. how it sounds 3. does it fit "me", meaning can I see myself using the guitar in a studio or gig. It sucks that this is only available in the UK, I'd like to take this one for a test drive.
The pickup config is based on how it was when Graham Coxon bought it. the original; guitar this is based on is an old 1968 telecaster that someone had put a Gibson humbucker (one of the old ones with the Gibson logos stamped on the front of it) in. Obviously they couldn't use a gibson pickup to make this so it's a Duncan '59 instead. Coxon himself tends to favour the bridge pickup on a tele, but likes the creamy tones a neck humbucker gives.
Usually I wouldn't write that, because it's not point of gear review, but you guys really presented the guitar well, from musical point of view. Some really nice playing and licks, that showed the guitar capabilities. There are too many reviewers where after the review you feel that you know as much as you knew before. Some boring licks that can be played well on a homemade banjo.
its quite common to see a guitar with a humbucker it the bridge and single coil in the neck, but it always just seems odd when i see these telecasters with it the other way around having the single coil in the bridge and humbucker in the neck
Interesting question you posed, guys. I'd say it doesn't make me think any less of the guitar, but it would influence my purchasing decision. Like a lot of people, I feel that a signature line of guitars is made to sound like the artist they're named after, and I also feel that it sort of colors your own career as a musician. I'd like to become known for playing a guitar that I like, not that someone else plays and I've copied.
I would never buy any signature gear, no matter how great it is or how much I'd loved the player. I don't want things that are made to someone else's spec, designed for a certain player or that help me sound exactly like the artist, I don't think there's anything unique or creative about that.
Well... For me as for "conservative" guitarist, this Tele is not really a proper Tele and it sounds not really good enough. To my mind real Tele has to have on board maple neck with maple fretboard, vintage voiced both single coils pickups, "ashtray" style bridge and natural/yello/blond finish. That's it.
But as this is signature model, then it is ok. Never liked "Blur" guitar sound and now I understood why. Anyway good guitar, but not enough "Tele" in it!
I really don't care if it's a signature. It just a guitar. It doesn't automatically play like coxon, an epic guitar can be called a little bo peep for all I care as long as it plays well and sounds ace! Great vid guys!
Personally, I prefer a guitar that isn't a signature. I prefer to make my own stamp on my music and make it my own. I just feel that, no matter how small the name is, it wouldn't be MY guitar. Shame, its fucking stunning.
I own dime signature models but the thing that even i don't like is that his name is printed big and bold on top, which is a pain for me but that's how he rolled. He put his name on all the gear. That being said if it was just on the back of the head stock no problem, but the thing with dimebags deans are that if you have a normal ML most of the time someone say hey cool nice dimebag guitar which is wrong. anyway .....hakuna matata
Yay for LEGAL woodz! :D not like that other big brand uh? But back on topic, you asked an opinion about the "signature" thing so here are my 2cents: I usually don't care about signatures, I go for the sound AND the look of a guitar so the signature doesn't influence me at all - if I like it, I buy it. Btw I noticed that pickups with very different outputs/brightness on the same guitar usually blend with ease (think gibson bfg or ibanez roadstar 2), so I humbly disagree with the Captain.
A signature model used to kind of annoy me if I cared nothing for the artist. However, If a guitar sounds great, like this one, the name has nothing to do with me purCHASING it.
The bridge pick up retains the telecaster identity and sound into quite heavy overdrive, which is awesome. I think you could do quite authentic bluesy Albert Collins like playing on it as well as country and rock. The neck pick up get too bassy and undefined on the low strings but combines wonderfully with the bridge pick up. So bridge and middle settings are great but neck position Im not so sure about. And Graham Coxon is cool. Nice of Fender to recognise his worthiness :-)
I'd buy one of those even though it's a signature guitar, purely because I don't care if people think I'm a "wannabe" or whatever - I'd only buy it because it's an awesome guitar. If people want to think that, then I'll let them. I still want a few PGMs and a Fireman, because they're excellent guitars, even though Gilbert's name's on them. It makes absolutely no difference to me whatsoever - a good guitar's a good guitar.
imo if the signature guitar's nice to play then i'd wouldn't care if someone wrote "Joe jonas" on the headstock even though i hate that band but at the end of the day if a guitar plays comfortably and you enjoy playing it get it if your buying for namesake play it first because you'll probably think twice about spending your money on a guitar that has dime written on it
Not a fan of signature guitars, Chappers. I wouldn't feel comfortable going on stage with someone else's model, no matter who it is or how great it is - though the Jem seems acceptable for some reason. And the price is always bumped by having someone's name on the headstock.
Good review. I would avoid a signature model for the same reasons metioned by the many, that is to say I fear paying the premium involved. That said this model is a tasty little number. It's a pity the guitar-buying budget is at 0p... Still once I get my Line 6 DT-25 (ahem ahem) I guess I'll need a new guitar to go with it.
lol The last 30 seconds earned you the "Like" from me:D I like Gibson OK, but yeah, Fender die-hard over here - poke fun at Gibson all you want;)
Tho, our jackass govt should review our Constitution before pillaging builders who predate certain laws by 50 yrs, but whatever:S
Oh, and talking this side of the pond, our biggest guitar anti-hero, Kurt Cobain, has had signature models on and off for a while now. I think Fender's just smart enough to play the icon card regardless of who's the co-icon.
the only issue with signature guitars is the fact that you really do have to pay more for the name. I'd still probably buy this guitar in a heart beat
I do not like paying a higher price for a guitar just because it has someones name on it. Still, I would not rule out a guitar just because it is a signature model.
In all honestly, I've never been partial to signature models. I've always been one for buying standard models, and creating your own model guitar off of that. That being said, I am really impressed with that guitar, and since it's not overly obtrusive that it is, in fact, a signature guitar, I could see myself purchasing it.
Coxon is a great guitarist, and his solo albums are much more interesting than his work with Blur. I wouldn't have thought of Coxon as someone for whom a signature model would be created.
It wouldn't bother me really, unless it has his name written all over it, that bothers me. I'm not of fan of signature models that have the artist's name, signature, or picture all over the guitar.
£550 is pennies for a guitar of that quality, I would deffo buy one if I wasn't on the dole. I've got a Roland ready Mex Strat and the quality and value is spot on.
This TELE being a signature doesn't bother me, or say the Eric Johnson strat. Very classy guitars you wouldn't notice it's a sig. Now something like a Zakk Wylde guitar, and I like Zakk very much, is too closely associated with that artist for me to want to play in public. You look like a clone wannabe fan boy. (I still want a Zakk Camo to play though,in my room:) Or an EVH Frankenstein.
Never heard of Graham coxon lol, but when you told me that it was a sig, I felt myself go "oh god" but then thought "well I'm not arsed, im not going to buy it so I'm not bothered" :)
its so crazy how different the guitar sounded when lee picked it up, just goes to show its all in the player when it comes to sound.
mikeygheetarz 1 week ago
The harsh sound of a lot tele's really grates my ears for some reason. I don't dislike the sound but my ears certainly don't like it.
IsaacDeanMusic 1 week ago
I love that Lee mentions H.I.M. as a band where the musicians were "anti-heroes". I think H.I.M. are great musicians while most people disagree, and Linde is one of the most unique and talented guitarists I've ever heard, he was a great influence for me as a player...
I would think less of the guitar, yes. I don't like buying someone else's guitar. I have my own style, and I'd rather develop it with a generic guitar than follow after someone, even if the specs match what I want more closely.
ErebosNetherDarkness 1 month ago
I like the guitar and I would buy it, in spite of being a G. Coxon signature, who is a guitarist I have nothing to do with. (But I do not hate him.) I like that it has the duncan pu, the ash body and the blonde finish. And I also like the humour of the demo guys.
sleepy4x 1 month ago
Awesome review, awesome guitarists, awesome guitar!! I just love this guitar for the fact that it's got the single coil and the humbucker and at such a great price, let alone the sound and look of it. The fact that's it's the Graham coxon signature for me is a bonus as blur were a huge influence on me growing up so it's a good thing for me and even better as it's just a signature Mark on the back of the head. Can't wait to get one :-)
Unclerussleslovechil 1 month ago
Looking though a wasteland of guitar reviews on YouTube, I'm glad to have stumbled across your channel. I feel like I've learned something about the guitar, and really am impressed by Chappers proficiency in playing so many styles. The signature doesn't sway me either way, but I like the tonal differences between the pickups enough to think it would be worth considering if I was in the market.
mitchgtz 3 months ago
Sexy axe! I want one of those
lasfinisimas 3 months ago
Uh, let's see...one of the most classic electric guitars of all time, the Gibson Les Paul, is, wait for it...
A signature model! Countless artists have been using Les Paul's signature model for years, and they don't seem to mind. And if you play a Les Paul and say that you don't like this because it's a signature model...well that just doesn't make sense...
notthest1g 3 months ago
love the dig at gibson at the end lol
aarronmccallan 3 months ago
Just bought mine on saturday, sounds great and feels great, espically for the price. i definatley recomend this guitar, espically for punk guitarists like moi
WhadABeastHarvey 3 months ago
Fender jag-stangs FTW
brettverby21 3 months ago
Since when are fender telecasters made by fender?
brettverby21 3 months ago
... the captain is probably fuckin sick of the riff "majesty"
look at his expression at 2 :43
:O
caesar09 3 months ago
Fender in early 2000 put out a U.S. telecaster. It had a humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge. I'm not sure what tone pots were used. Also it had a five-way switch. I believe Fender called it a "fat" telecaster. It had a tonally different sound.
guitarjammer1 3 months ago
Sounds great. Those ppl at SD sure know how to make a pickup. The signature is not negative, but not positive either. I tend to think that you always pay a bit extra for a signature model, just for the signature being there, hence less guitar for the money, but I could be wrong about that. What I don't like is that the neck looks a bit thin. I prefer a little fatness in a tele neck. More baseball bat factor, if you catch my drift.
rofferdal 3 months ago
Captain, you are my last hope... I'm on the search for a well-priced Crunchlab-7 pickup for my guitar. I searched through your website but didn't find anything... can you make me an offer, including shipping to Hungary?
SomethinWild 3 months ago
The fact that only says his name on the back is cool. It's a gorgeous guitar that sounds absolutely fantastic. I'd love to get my hands on one of these, especially because I'm a Tele type of guy.
lalidado 4 months ago
Heeeeeeyyyy, but what is that Blackstar head ? I'm pretty sure it's not the HT-100...
niahaa 4 months ago
I am indifferent about the guitar being signature. If it sounds good, it sounds good. If it looks good, it looks good.
snakeweirdo 4 months ago
i love signature guitars and gear.i feel if its "good enough for them its good enough for me".all my current guitars are sig models.grahams guitar isnt really in your face that its a signature.just a vintage blonde tele with a humbucker,plenty of tose 30 years ago
BoyleJr 4 months ago
I knew it was the Graham Coxon sig, as I seen it in Total Guitar, great sound, great guitar, great looks, if a little signature bother's you, your an idiot
OliTheGuitarist 4 months ago
For those not liking 'Signature' guitars- does this include Gibson Les Paul? :P
mablungofficial 4 months ago
@mablungofficial So true dude, the Les Paul is a signature model, and the ML-1 was going to be a Signature.
OliTheGuitarist 4 months ago
I have always said it doesn't matter IF ITS A GREAT GUITAR, BUT.......It can't say BLUR or GRAHAM COXON on the top of the guitar or down the neck. As long as its Subtle and it's not a rediculous signiture model and its what your looking for then I'm in.....
willeng84 4 months ago
Joe satriani!!!!!!
quinnsley123 4 months ago
I personally would only buy a signature guitar if it wasn't obvious it was someones signature model. I would buy that Tele (if I actually liked the look of them :P) because it's not too obvious. I just think it feels a bit odd playing someone elses signature guitar on stage, no idea why :P!
DeathMagneticX3 4 months ago
I only think less of a signature guitar because that usually means a few hundred more for a sticker of some dude's signature on it. Could be worse, Gibson charges almost double for the same thing...
jjulch 4 months ago
Makes no difference to me about the signature model or not.
squidgybidge 4 months ago
Jazzmasters all the way!
MartianDiscoFish 4 months ago
6:33
Holy crap, Queen tone.
Kangaxxter 4 months ago
11:41 LOL! legend :P
dazcwl 4 months ago
The Signature dosnt make a slight difference, cant say i am a fan of Blur But am a Massive Tele Fan and that Tele sounds sweet so that is all that matters
revan15 4 months ago
Song at 2:40?
Edders666 4 months ago
I love how lee did a southern accent when trying to speak like a notherner :l
Koopagamelouda 4 months ago
On teles I always like the middle position for rythem . The middle position on this tele I would find useable.
guitarjammer1 4 months ago
Lee mentioned the fretboard being oiled. Can I asked with what? I have been turned off by rosewood fret boards. Maybe if I knew what with, I wont be prejudiced to rosewood fingerboards on guitars.
guitarjammer1 4 months ago
i like the guitar because i like teles i looked at it, went "must...buy...this..." i would buy it regardless
TheAlexkru 4 months ago
To me its who the signature human is. I have no issue owning a Joe Satriani signature guitar because he is important to me as a guitarist. Where as the Kurt Cobain signature I didn't look at twice because Kurt is important to me as a person. I don't know why i feel this way
santadan354 4 months ago
Phenomenal tone from the middle setting...just...wow.
Natesmitguitar 4 months ago
Nah, stratocasters are much better and more classic!
MartianDiscoFish 4 months ago
signature?
no thanks
TheKamanick 4 months ago
Chappers quote of win " i hated em all as im a fukin metalhead" ftw
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isayah85 4 months ago
Good question. I have a signature guitar and I don't mind it at all. However, I'm sometimes of the opinion when I see a guitarist with a signature guitar (the B.B. King "Lucille" model, or the Slash Les Paul comes to mind) that I think "they'd better be good -- almost AS good as the original artist" or they look like a kind of poser. So, I imagine others may have the same opinion of me with my signature guitar. I, of course, am better than the original artist :)
splashfizz 4 months ago
JOE SATRIANI! <3
Guitarman461 4 months ago
My favourite telecaster is a Richie Kotzen telecaster. So there you go.
crazymarvel 4 months ago
like the top comments, nothing fells better to play a guitar that feels yours. i wanted a dean mike amott tyrant, but i wouldnt want to check the headstock and read "mike amott" or see the body and see other band's logo there. it's his image, i want to get my own
VegaMaiden95 4 months ago
That a beauty guitar. ButI do really think the whole illegal wood thing Gibson has had to deal with for the last number of years is complete bullshit.
hgyture2347 4 months ago
Generally I hate teles because they look tacky. But the variation in the pick-ups are rad.
ExperienceJacob 4 months ago
For that telecaster, it makes me want the guitar more actually, Love Blur. For a lot of other axes though I agree with the guy who commented before me. Although I do want a Synyster Custom - Already have a JS1000 and MM John Petrucci in Mystic Dream for signature axes, but I understand that most people don't want something that makes it very apparent you're playing someone else's guitar
Littlewing1213 4 months ago
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Littlewing1213 4 months ago
SATRIANI on a tele sounded tastey
jonotiffers222 4 months ago
I wouldn't mind buying a signature model, but visually I don't want the guitar to be too obvious regarding it's heritage. Having the artist's name on the back of the head doesn't matter at all. Having a big Opeth-Logo on the front of the body however makes me not buy the Mikael Akerfeldt Signature PRS, although I love Opeth to death. For me the look of an instrument is so essential to the appearance of a player that it would feel weird to wear and "showcase" the symbols of a different artist.
afroloewe 4 months ago 36
@afroloewe dude i have the same "problem" but all you needa do is buy a cheap "B" stock guitar and replace EVERYTHING. its what i do, and it sounds killer and the best is that you get exactly what you want out of it and if it breaks, then you can just rip the parts out and put them in a different guitar.
NeutralSnap 4 months ago
@NeutralSnap I'm not sure if I fully understand what you mean and how it is related to what I wrote :D no offense^^
afroloewe 4 months ago
@afroloewe haha well you dont like buying brand names, i.e. guitars havin the name of people on them or bands and stuff like that, so i buy a junky guitar and customize it until its all mine.... somethin along those lines haha
NeutralSnap 4 months ago
@NeutralSnap Oh I do like to buy Guitars by famous brands, as long as they're made how I prefer them. I own a Fender Strat, a Gibson V and would like to have a PRS or Musicman or something like that. But that is because these instruments are relatet to no one else but me.
afroloewe 4 months ago
@afroloewe if i could afford them i would too haha but i own an LTD Viper-50 (bought $100 used at guitar center) and ive currently spend another 500 or 600 on it so not only does it sound better than say a 1500 dollar guitar, but it also has the sound i want. Therefore, it makes the guitar more or less "mine."
NeutralSnap 4 months ago
@NeutralSnap So you've essentially rolled that turd in glitter?
AlexSlams 4 months ago
@AlexSlams well its like turning metal to gold, i think rolling a turd in glitter would be more like..... rolling a turd in glitter lol
NeutralSnap 4 months ago
@afroloewe you couldn't have worded that any better
Guitarman461 4 months ago
11:42 LOL subtle chappers... xD
DistortedMusicUK 4 months ago
i would buy it but i would scratch the signature off!
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I've got John 5 Tele that I bought with absolutely no clue who John 5 was, it was just a great sounding and cool looking guitar. I only found out when I got home and googled J5 Tele what it was. I have quite a few top shelf guitars and this MIM Signature Tele is one of my favourites for playability and tone. I don't care one bit that John 5 is associated with it, and with the styling of this guitar it's hard to miss.
benzakonium 4 months ago
I don't know really what to say about signature guitars. If I was getting an Ibanez JEM7V or some form of a sleek, modern 7 stringed guitar, I could get a signature guitar, but I would hesitate to get just about any other kind. I guess Im afraid of being seen as a poser, or something like that.
Xaederaz 4 months ago
Good vid. I think it does make a big difference that it is a sig model. It really shouldn't, but I think I'd actively look for the same attributes on another guitar. Silly really, a very nice guitar.
365Avalon 4 months ago
I probably wouldn't have watched this if you'd had mentioned the artist, so that was clever. It makes no difference. I dig it because of the seymour duncan, color, and I like this type of Tele with the single and the 'bucker, and it doesn't seem expensive for an artist model. It seems more like you're paying for the upgrades, rather than just the artists name. I like the Jimmie Vaughan and Kenny Wayne Shepherd strats for the same reason -- nice upgrades, affordable price.
GuitarVee 4 months ago
Great review guys like how use test different pickup select and gain and Robs playing awesome as always...haha
MrHybrid2012 4 months ago
I like the whole neck focus... First thing I do when I play a guitar I think is intresting is feel the neck. That why I love the road worn series the sanded neck is amazing I recommend it! BTW DO ME A GEAR TOUR DO ME A GEAR TOUR!!!
SHADOWCLONE177 4 months ago
I dunno. I think it does affect my decision (much as I'd like it not to). I have a signature guitar. But my guitar like this guitar is exactly how *I* would want a guitar of that type anyway.
People I like sway me towards a type of guitar (like most people I guess) and signatures of people I don't like sway me away. But not by much. I'd get this tele if I didn't have my own custom built one.
GuillermoSmyser 4 months ago
The signature series doesn't generally influence my buying. I always buy based on 1. how it plays 2. how it sounds 3. does it fit "me", meaning can I see myself using the guitar in a studio or gig. It sucks that this is only available in the UK, I'd like to take this one for a test drive.
Shalathen 4 months ago
I think it only makes sense that guitar players in successful bands help to design guitars.
jhop5150 4 months ago
Nice axe regardless of it's signature status. Explains the odd pickup config
SixStringHarmonies 4 months ago
@SixStringHarmonies
The pickup config is based on how it was when Graham Coxon bought it. the original; guitar this is based on is an old 1968 telecaster that someone had put a Gibson humbucker (one of the old ones with the Gibson logos stamped on the front of it) in. Obviously they couldn't use a gibson pickup to make this so it's a Duncan '59 instead. Coxon himself tends to favour the bridge pickup on a tele, but likes the creamy tones a neck humbucker gives.
PantheonLincoln 1 month ago
does andertons carry G&L?
TheSwampLion 4 months ago
Usually I wouldn't write that, because it's not point of gear review, but you guys really presented the guitar well, from musical point of view. Some really nice playing and licks, that showed the guitar capabilities. There are too many reviewers where after the review you feel that you know as much as you knew before. Some boring licks that can be played well on a homemade banjo.
trdi 4 months ago
I never understood why Andertons does not have their own channel
skycaptain141 4 months ago
@skycaptain141 they do.
ziger824 4 months ago
@skycaptain141 They do, but chappers puts out the videos before they do. I'm subscribed to both.
SidVicious10101 4 months ago
@skycaptain141 it does
MFG666EmOTP 4 months ago
Really sweet tone
Gusztiavo 4 months ago
As if I wasn't GASing for a Tele enough already...
Digitbig 4 months ago
Lol! Signature or not, that guitar is well appointed and not overdone or overpriced.
Shame about the colors.
diegodarkmoon 4 months ago
Really weird sound ! But interesting !
Sniperkitten971 4 months ago
its quite common to see a guitar with a humbucker it the bridge and single coil in the neck, but it always just seems odd when i see these telecasters with it the other way around having the single coil in the bridge and humbucker in the neck
topdog2328 4 months ago
Is Captain Lee getting good or what!
HDTV300 4 months ago
"And I hate them all because I'm a metal head", Best call ever!
leetheshredder 4 months ago
Yay! Lee got to play in this video! \m/,
iambriannewkirk 4 months ago
Me, I'd do my best to look past the signature bit and look at the guitar as just a guitar. That should be the important bit.
Well, I'd try ... All objectivity aside I probably wouldn't buy it if I disliked the artist or his/her music.
ivo215 4 months ago
Interesting question you posed, guys. I'd say it doesn't make me think any less of the guitar, but it would influence my purchasing decision. Like a lot of people, I feel that a signature line of guitars is made to sound like the artist they're named after, and I also feel that it sort of colors your own career as a musician. I'd like to become known for playing a guitar that I like, not that someone else plays and I've copied.
YokoHimura08 4 months ago
Chappers is So Distracting :) Lol
LukeiAmYourFather12 4 months ago
when obviously a sig guitar, i would never buy, however, my only guitar is a musicman jp7, which is only a sig cuz it has a signature on it.
so basicly, if it only has a signature on it, then i am indifferent
ImaDjentleman 4 months ago
STUPIDLY THIN FOR THE WIN :D
ImaDjentleman 4 months ago
I would never buy any signature gear, no matter how great it is or how much I'd loved the player. I don't want things that are made to someone else's spec, designed for a certain player or that help me sound exactly like the artist, I don't think there's anything unique or creative about that.
GuitarFitz1 4 months ago
Well... For me as for "conservative" guitarist, this Tele is not really a proper Tele and it sounds not really good enough. To my mind real Tele has to have on board maple neck with maple fretboard, vintage voiced both single coils pickups, "ashtray" style bridge and natural/yello/blond finish. That's it.
But as this is signature model, then it is ok. Never liked "Blur" guitar sound and now I understood why. Anyway good guitar, but not enough "Tele" in it!
Victor.
SulakvelidzeCustom 4 months ago
signature guitars - no thanks, signature amp - maybe, signature pedals - yes
bzey 4 months ago
i dont care whos name is on it cause once i own it it is MY guitar that i can play (for the most part) MY music on.
wildkidpat 4 months ago
I really don't care if it's a signature. It just a guitar. It doesn't automatically play like coxon, an epic guitar can be called a little bo peep for all I care as long as it plays well and sounds ace! Great vid guys!
wormchief 4 months ago
Personally, I prefer a guitar that isn't a signature. I prefer to make my own stamp on my music and make it my own. I just feel that, no matter how small the name is, it wouldn't be MY guitar. Shame, its fucking stunning.
Jacko11120 4 months ago
I'm abit of a metalhead
Like oasis
Blur were better
Yes
Cuz I fucking love telecasters:)
21stCENTURYBOY12 4 months ago
chappers' slides are the most epic ones i've ever heard besides the ones from john frusciante o.O 3:30
HippieGTA 4 months ago
tele is greek for "from distance". think of tele-vision or tele-phone. so what exactly is tele-caster?
UltiMogr 4 months ago
I just bought a Leslie West, DEAN Soltero. Great guitarist, great guitar.
Signature models don't bother me in the slightest, if it's a good guitar, it's a good guitar. If it's turd, well..........
zocacrow 4 months ago
lol.. Oasis are shit
ThrashGuitarMan 4 months ago
both pickups sounds real good I like it
swissredneck 4 months ago
Chappers man, what is that funky groove you play at 2:42? It's amazing.
ScreamForAlexChilton 4 months ago
More playing from Lee! He's like the everyman player.
Coztomba 4 months ago
I own dime signature models but the thing that even i don't like is that his name is printed big and bold on top, which is a pain for me but that's how he rolled. He put his name on all the gear. That being said if it was just on the back of the head stock no problem, but the thing with dimebags deans are that if you have a normal ML most of the time someone say hey cool nice dimebag guitar which is wrong. anyway .....hakuna matata
kingdarko 4 months ago
F tuners are so nice!!!
AraGuitar 4 months ago
Yay for LEGAL woodz! :D not like that other big brand uh? But back on topic, you asked an opinion about the "signature" thing so here are my 2cents: I usually don't care about signatures, I go for the sound AND the look of a guitar so the signature doesn't influence me at all - if I like it, I buy it. Btw I noticed that pickups with very different outputs/brightness on the same guitar usually blend with ease (think gibson bfg or ibanez roadstar 2), so I humbly disagree with the Captain.
FruitOfHavoc 4 months ago
love the end comment Rob.
as it happens, i just brought a LP Trad and it's sooo bad ass the FBI want to arrest the fingerboard ???
flatsix666 4 months ago
The signature status doesn't put me off or turn me on particularly. I thought it was a cool Tele and a good price! I want one!
tollan23 4 months ago
How much is this baby?
JulesVermeij 4 months ago
@JulesVermeij 11:28
numbersabcdefg 4 months ago
A signature model used to kind of annoy me if I cared nothing for the artist. However, If a guitar sounds great, like this one, the name has nothing to do with me purCHASING it.
okamasphere 4 months ago
"MIM..."
okamasphere 4 months ago
The bridge pick up retains the telecaster identity and sound into quite heavy overdrive, which is awesome. I think you could do quite authentic bluesy Albert Collins like playing on it as well as country and rock. The neck pick up get too bassy and undefined on the low strings but combines wonderfully with the bridge pick up. So bridge and middle settings are great but neck position Im not so sure about. And Graham Coxon is cool. Nice of Fender to recognise his worthiness :-)
pimpleburger 4 months ago
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I'd buy one of those even though it's a signature guitar, purely because I don't care if people think I'm a "wannabe" or whatever - I'd only buy it because it's an awesome guitar. If people want to think that, then I'll let them. I still want a few PGMs and a Fireman, because they're excellent guitars, even though Gilbert's name's on them. It makes absolutely no difference to me whatsoever - a good guitar's a good guitar.
OCNmeticadpa 4 months ago
imo if the signature guitar's nice to play then i'd wouldn't care if someone wrote "Joe jonas" on the headstock even though i hate that band but at the end of the day if a guitar plays comfortably and you enjoy playing it get it if your buying for namesake play it first because you'll probably think twice about spending your money on a guitar that has dime written on it
megadeth520 4 months ago
@megadeth520 *the dime thing's just an example i do know some of the dean dime models play nice
megadeth520 4 months ago
I can see how this guitar inspires you both and just let's you both shine :) nice!
mariahkoko 4 months ago
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OCNmeticadpa 4 months ago
signature guitars don't bother me except for the usual price hike. with this one though, i was put off as soon as i saw that telecaster body shape =P
heminder 4 months ago
I'm more interested in what the single coil sounds like in conjuction with the humbucker and the balance between the two than who endorses it..
unclesuperfly 4 months ago
Chappers & Lee .. Is that like Peters & Lee?
unclesuperfly 4 months ago
Does no-one at Andertons play bass!? Dear god I want to see the modern player jazz basses :(
seehowirock 4 months ago
It doesn't bother me that it is Graham's signature guitar. I just don't buy anyone's signature guitars. So, I guess it has a negative effect.
ChrisSchoonover1 4 months ago
Not a fan of signature guitars, Chappers. I wouldn't feel comfortable going on stage with someone else's model, no matter who it is or how great it is - though the Jem seems acceptable for some reason. And the price is always bumped by having someone's name on the headstock.
runtodemhills 4 months ago
Good review. I would avoid a signature model for the same reasons metioned by the many, that is to say I fear paying the premium involved. That said this model is a tasty little number. It's a pity the guitar-buying budget is at 0p... Still once I get my Line 6 DT-25 (ahem ahem) I guess I'll need a new guitar to go with it.
rbarrell 4 months ago
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that's gorgeous! just ignor the name and see it for what it is!
BradleyJohnHunt 4 months ago
I like this guitar! :)
eugenbiscuitulhipiot 4 months ago
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BradleyJohnHunt 4 months ago
Like the guitar but the name has put me right off
MyDave3000 4 months ago
Wow the second time Chaps plays it with all the drive sounds like Akira Takasaki (Loudness).
wickedexp 4 months ago
I'm not put off by graham, I'm put off by paying for his name. Other than that it's a great guitar
broomiester 4 months ago
u weernt drunk doing this were you? :P "its loaded with, its vintage.."
danophile07 4 months ago
lol nice kick to the balls on Gibson there hehe
miller434 4 months ago
*the guitar
nght5tlkr 4 months ago
Love Blur, but if the price of the is affected merely because of the name added to the headstock, no thanks.
nght5tlkr 4 months ago
lol The last 30 seconds earned you the "Like" from me:D I like Gibson OK, but yeah, Fender die-hard over here - poke fun at Gibson all you want;)
Tho, our jackass govt should review our Constitution before pillaging builders who predate certain laws by 50 yrs, but whatever:S
Oh, and talking this side of the pond, our biggest guitar anti-hero, Kurt Cobain, has had signature models on and off for a while now. I think Fender's just smart enough to play the icon card regardless of who's the co-icon.
yobhsiFehT 4 months ago
the only issue with signature guitars is the fact that you really do have to pay more for the name. I'd still probably buy this guitar in a heart beat
MrTommyTownshend 4 months ago
Thing is I knew it was the graham coxon tele from the beginning so .... It's a great guitar :)
Indyskater1011 4 months ago
if it wasn't a signature model, i would be more inclined to buy it. But without knowing it its a sure thing buy. I don't really know why either.
jellyjingo 4 months ago
My judgement is not really differed on signature models, if I had to have a signature model I really wouldn't mind, :3
xXMusicxMadnessXx 4 months ago
I do not like paying a higher price for a guitar just because it has someones name on it. Still, I would not rule out a guitar just because it is a signature model.
sctogtr 4 months ago
I like the guitar. If it came in black or sunburst, I'd probably buy one.
metlguitar02 4 months ago
I really like teles with humbuckers.
Can you do also a tele with a p90/94??
That would be great.
And what us the running horse nemed st 8:20 ??? :-))
Thx
andisch71 4 months ago
I'm indiferent!!!!
7Kirtash7 4 months ago
In all honestly, I've never been partial to signature models. I've always been one for buying standard models, and creating your own model guitar off of that. That being said, I am really impressed with that guitar, and since it's not overly obtrusive that it is, in fact, a signature guitar, I could see myself purchasing it.
Lightbulbs33 4 months ago
Coxon is a great guitarist, and his solo albums are much more interesting than his work with Blur. I wouldn't have thought of Coxon as someone for whom a signature model would be created.
aeropagitica 4 months ago
It wouldn't bother me really, unless it has his name written all over it, that bothers me. I'm not of fan of signature models that have the artist's name, signature, or picture all over the guitar.
acdc933ty 4 months ago
Loving the sounds on this Tele'
however knowing it was a signature did make me feel different about it.
Shame, but I know it sounds great now, so I still want it.
Buckethead818 4 months ago
2:28 classic chappers riff
holleyab 4 months ago
tie your mother down tie your mother down! the cap'n knows the score!
Str0dey 4 months ago
Anything from jazz and blues to hard rock, shred and thrash, the tele can do it all.
MoosicDude 4 months ago
to be honest i dont want a guitar with someones signature on it. love the sound though so im split
CMSpida 4 months ago
umm majesty riff ftw
jwe986 4 months ago
what?! 550 pounds! thats amazing! love the middle position. blur songs are awesome and dun bother me either way whether its a sig series or not
afnannn 4 months ago
More Satch More Satch More Satch!
joscarmoren 4 months ago
Chappers love Teles... :D
Brainbox97 4 months ago
£550 is pennies for a guitar of that quality, I would deffo buy one if I wasn't on the dole. I've got a Roland ready Mex Strat and the quality and value is spot on.
Zed1967 4 months ago
This TELE being a signature doesn't bother me, or say the Eric Johnson strat. Very classy guitars you wouldn't notice it's a sig. Now something like a Zakk Wylde guitar, and I like Zakk very much, is too closely associated with that artist for me to want to play in public. You look like a clone wannabe fan boy. (I still want a Zakk Camo to play though,in my room:) Or an EVH Frankenstein.
RNAMUSICShortStShred 4 months ago
treewoods... makes me laugh every time! >.<
omgutt222 4 months ago
Could you do the fender modern player Guitars?
RNewell95 4 months ago
Blur V's Oasis?
I prefered Pulp :)
But I was far too busy enjoying The Levellers!!
LEV
ELL
ERS
FTW!
mablungofficial 4 months ago
Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing!!!
shreddy412 4 months ago 34
@shreddy412 @ 7:45 cool \m/
peteq1972 4 months ago
that was all kinds of nice. Very tasty playing Sir Rob of Chapman.
RNAMUSICShortStShred 4 months ago
if someone can put their name behind something, that further shows the quality of guitar. My favorite guitar I own is an albert lee signature model.
GuitarDude892 4 months ago
7:45
Aaaaaw, yeah!
EnmaDarei 4 months ago
love this !
ghostguiitar 4 months ago
Never heard of Graham coxon lol, but when you told me that it was a sig, I felt myself go "oh god" but then thought "well I'm not arsed, im not going to buy it so I'm not bothered" :)
ravenshield56 4 months ago