Rick Graham gets signature model from Charvel

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Rick Graham is a monster player. He has technical skills that blow minds! He got a sig model from Charvel.

This thing looks pretty cool, comes with Bare Knuckle pups, and the specs look very good. Check this out:

 
Yeah this seems like fairly standard spec stuff. Nice that Charvel is getting units made in japan again.
 
Can’t you get literally everything about that guitar (minus the printed-on signature) from Warmoth for like $850?

Rick Graham is a brilliant player and cool dude but $2700 seems absurdly dang high.
 
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Rick Graham is a monster player. He has technical skills that blow minds! He got a sig model from Charvel.

This thing looks pretty cool, comes with Bare Knuckle pups, and the specs look very good. Check this out:


Cool guitar. But, a 2700$ MiJ? I can hear the value of my USAs go up as I type.
 
Can’t you get literally everything about that guitar (minus the printed-on signature) from Warmoth for like $850?

Rick Graham is a brilliant player and cool dude but $2700 seems absurdly dang high.
Not really, you'd have more than that just in parts before you opened a box. Not to mention you can't get anything close to that neck joint. Everything is very expensive now. Anyone thinking you can build a high end parts guitar for less than about $1700 when you consider time and expertise of the builder hasn't really done it or they are cutting some big corners. That experience costs money and I had to built a few before I was even decent at it.

Still, it's pricey no doubt but I would not say overly so considering the market. Sure makes a used MIM attractive.
 
NO judgement on the player.. But it's just another parts caster..
Major parts held together with big wood screws.. Face it.. Bolt on necks are cheap as fuck and easy to produce..
They pulled parts off a shelf, slapped them together and put the dudes name on it..
 
The dudes an internet guitar player, he`s good but thats about it. See thats all these companies have to grab at anymore. Its fuckn pitiful really if ya really think about it.
 
The dudes an internet guitar player, he`s good but thats about it. See thats all these companies have to grab at anymore. Its fuckn pitiful really if ya really think about it.
Well of course. It’s no different from influencers online. Product placement in movies, or back in the day artists being endorsed. Whomever has following, gets deals. I see it as no different. You get a lot of subscribers to your channel, you get things. Ola, anyone.
 
Agreed with the others. There’s no denying how good of a player Rick Graham is, but the basswood body and Bare Knuckle pickups are just bad specs with respect to likely having good tone. Sure if it were made by the right guys it could conceivably still sound great, but as is the odds seem very slim. Not too crazy about it looks either (not bad, but much prefer the San Dimas look), but I’d play anything that has good tone. This is another good reminder that tone and playing/technical ability are 2 independent things that are often times not directly correlated
 
The dudes an internet guitar player, he`s good but thats about it. See thats all these companies have to grab at anymore. Its fuckn pitiful really if ya really think about it.
Been thinking about this lately. For some reason i really can't take these youtube shredders seriously vs actual guitarists in bands.
 
Been thinking about this lately. For some reason i really can't take these youtube shredders seriously vs actual guitarists in bands.
Well if you think about it, its the same as some of the old shredders that used to be in guitar world or Guitar for the Practicing Musician. They showed up basically as session musicians or they put out some obscure guitar album. It's really no difference than guys like Frank Gambale, Tony McAlpine, etc etc. Monster players but most people would be hard pressed to name a song they were on.
 
Well if you think about it, its the same as some of the old shredders that used to be in guitar world or Guitar for the Practicing Musician. They showed up basically as session musicians or they put out some obscure guitar album. It's really no difference than guys like Frank Gambale, Tony McAlpine, etc etc. Monster players but most people would be hard pressed to name a song they were on.
They still had a band and actually released music compared to a lot of youtube slingers that do mostly gear reviews etc.

Also you could take them seriously vs these goofy and cringeworthy guys like Ola, Chapman, Cameron Cooper etc.
 
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