Rick Graham gets signature model from Charvel

[Metalhex]

Check out a beautiful slow song he wrote. If you have a dry eye listening to this, there's something wrong with you!

This guy deserves all the praise in the world.

 

[Spaceboy]

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.

Artists are endorsed to sell products. These internet players are gaining more recognition as guitarists and accruing guitarist audiences, where guys in bands are not anymore. It makes perfect sense that guitar companies would move toward endorsing and creating signature gear for people who will actually sell guitars.

 

[panhead]

Artists are endorsed to sell products. These internet players are gaining more recognition as guitarists and accruing guitarist audiences, where guys in bands are not anymore. It makes perfect sense that guitar companies would move toward endorsing and creating signature gear for people who will actually sell guitars.

Its been going on for the last 20 years if you havent noticed.

 

[ClintN667]

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.

Ola worked with 6 feet under and the Haunted both established bands so I wouldn't lump him into the same category. Chapman, the gear gods dude, fluff, etc have bands that nobody would listen to if it weren't for their YouTube careers. I could see Chapman playing with in a Creed cover band.

Rick is a monster player and has been on a few albums(Polyphia comes to mind) and I really think he could be on more if he chose. Same with guys like Keith Merrow. He has been playing Charvel pretty exclusively and is a pretty influential guitarist. I think his signature is well deserved and a smart move.

I really don't want to see a Phil McKnight or "The Tone King" signature. It's funny though that people will kiss some guys ass who really are just guys doing the same shit everyone does except they have a wall of cheap to mid tier amps in the background. Eric Shreds is painful to watch but he has a million subs and plays like shit.

 

[Devin]

As far as "internet guitarists" having signature models, I can't think of any that are more deserving than Tom Quayle and Rick Graham. Those dudes are absolute monsters and besides playing on several guest album spots, they have been high profile guitar teachers for decades

 

[stratjacket]

It’s a cool guitar, I love so these Chanel models in this style, but at first glance I just thought it was one of the regular DK24’s with a slightly new color for about $1,000. MIJ is great but don’t think I would pay the additional $1,700 for a very similarly spec’d guitar.

 

[ClintN667]

As far as "internet guitarists" having signature models, I can't think of any that are more deserving than Tom Quayle and Rick Graham. Those dudes are absolute monsters and besides playing on several guest album spots, they have been high profile guitar teachers for decades

Tom Quayle's solo app has been a huge help in my fretboard knowledge. Also love his lesson packages. But yeah him and Rick are on a different level from the average youtubers.

 

[Spaceboy]

Its been going on for the last 20 years if you havent noticed.

yeah no shit

times, they change

 

[Devin]

Tom Quayle's solo app has been a huge help in my fretboard knowledge. Also love his lesson packages. But yeah him and Rick are on a different level from the average youtubers.

I bought it the day it came out but if I'm honest I've never actually used it one day....

 

[stratjacket]

I bought it the day it came out but if I'm honest I've never actually used it one day....

I bought it, but it’s in standard tuning. I tunes down a half step or full step on all my guitars. So can’t use it unless I tune up to Standard, so just never use it. I contacted them about having an option to transpose down a half or whole step and they commented there was no way to do it now but would be a future feature.

 

[mooncobra]

Never heard of him. ?. Not knocking his playing… I didn’t even watch the clip in the first post. Just don’t care enough… unless he is doing something fresh and different and not mashing up all of the same old stuff.

Check it out. He is so out of control technically that you marvel that dudes hit these levels. I give him both props for the time he put in to hit these levels.

I was going to post a link but someone already posted a clip.

 

[mooncobra]

These levels of technicality are outrageous, and he plays clean. No slop in his playing.

 

[psychodave]

LOL. I just looked at some old YT videos I had saved and the were Rick Graham (like 8 years old). I didn’t recognize him in the new video. ? Looks like he let himself go ?

 

[Metlupass2]

LOL. I just looked at some old YT videos I had saved and the were Rick Graham (like 8 years old). I didn’t recognize him in the new video. ? Looks like he let himself go ?

He used to be really big early on then lost weight, lifted weights, and tanned.

 

[Devin]

I bought it, but it’s in standard tuning. I tunes down a half step or full step on all my guitars. So can’t use it unless I tune up to Standard, so just never use it. I contacted them about having an option to transpose down a half or whole step and they commented there was no way to do it now but would be a future feature.

Good excuse to buy a new "practice" guitar