MIM '90's Signature guitars?
I've got a black '96 MIM, and when I input the serial# into one of the databases, it comes up with the notation "Signature" but without saying which model. On the headstock, where signatures usually are, there's a patch where the finish has been buffed down to the wood, like somebody really, REALLY didn't want a signature guitar of whoever it was. I've roamed around the internet looking for answers, and have come up empty. And no, I know nothing of its history before I got it about 15 years ago, other than the fact that I kind of stole it in a trade with a guy who had no idea how to play it (I call it "my $43 Strat", but that's another story for another day.
Re: MIM '90's Signature guitars?
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Re: MIM '90's Signature guitars?
Or at least colour, fingerboard material, pickups, bridge, etc?
might be worthwhile to look through the ‘96 catalog and see if you find something that matches.
From a picture I saw on Reverb.com, they had the following signature guitars that year: Jeff Beck, Clapton, Buddy Guy, Yngwie, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Blackmore, SRV for Strat models. Not sure if all were MIM or not.
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dirtdog
Or at least colour, fingerboard material, pickups, bridge, etc?
might be worthwhile to look through the ‘96 catalog and see if you find something that matches.
From a picture I saw on Reverb.com, they had the following signature guitars that year: Jeff Beck, Clapton, Buddy Guy, Yngwie, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Blackmore, SRV for Strat models. Not sure if all were MIM or not.
IIRC most of those were USA made guitars - certainly the Beck, Clapton, SRV, Blackmore and Yngwie. Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt I think might have been MIM, along with Jimmy Vaughan and a couple others, I think. (some or all might have had custom shop versions and |"regular" versions, be it US-made or MIM.)
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jrgtr42
IIRC most of those were USA made guitars - certainly the Beck, Clapton, SRV, Blackmore and Yngwie. Buddy Guy and Bonnie Raitt I think might have been MIM, along with Jimmy Vaughan and a couple others, I think. (some or all might have had custom shop versions and |"regular" versions, be it US-made or MIM.)
yeah, that makes sense. I recall jonesin' for the JLV Strat back in the day, definitely MIM, but closer to 2000 or 2001 for that model. Buddy Guy Strat I'm almost certain is MIM.
