Sunday, December 7, 2008

Signature Guitars

I'm on an indulgent musical binge at the moment. The reasons for this are many (some better than others), but suffice it to say right now that the past two days have been spent looking for a new electric guitar in earnest, and tonight I ended up ordering a guitar online. What did I choose? The Sam Totman signature Ibanez Iceman in all its glory. Although Sam Totman is one of two guitarists in the now world-famous (due to Guitar Hero III) and over-the-top band Dragonforce, his guitar is one of the more subdued signature guitars I've ever seen. Usually, when a guitarist gets to help design their own guitar, they put a bunch of quasi-tacky stuff on the instrument that clearly shows it's theirs...here are some examples:

Mick Thompson (Seven) of Slipknot's Ibanez MTM1
Synyster Gates of Avenged Sevenfold's Schecter Synyster Custom
Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society's Gibson Bullseye Les Paul
Buddy Guy's Fender Standard Stratocaster

and the most ridiculous of all...

Max Cavalera of Soulfly/Sepultura's ESP Brasilian Green Viper

So, I should be getting my generally-normal-looking signature guitar via UPS or FedEx sometime this week. I'm really pumped, as I've always loved the look of the Iceman line of guitars and have always wanted a hotrod rockstar guitar (especially in all white w/black lining). I'll be sure to report on it when I've played it for a bit.

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