Re: peavey ted nugent signature amp.....
Well Wixomwhat, I do have to say that being your 21, I'm impressed you know about "Uncle Ted" since not many your age do. Which is in itself a shame that so many younger people are missing out on tons of great music. Trust me, I worked at a music store and talked with tons of kids who came in and their idea of "classic rock" was Limp Bizkit and Korn sigh.........
That all aside, can you HONESTLY tell me that you've ever once thought to yourself "The Nudge is awesome, what I wouldn't give for a signature model of his amp ?"
I would be darn surprised if Ted himself even thought he needs a signature amp.
Signature gear is simply about marketing you do realize right ? Even if an artist doesn't have their "signature model" for sale at Guitar City, they are almost always playing a custom shop build guitar, modded amp etc. Its just not a mass produced unit for sale to you and me at major retailers.
Its just when some marketing type thinks they can cash in on that artist name and sell more guitars with the "signature version" do they do it.
I mean come on, Zakk Wylde has signature Epiphones and Marshall "stack" and you know what ? He's not using either of them. Same with Kerry King, etc etc.
I've seen very very few "signature" items that aren't a dumbed down version of something the artist actually uses.
As I said, its about marketing.
And in that marketing, you pick an artist thats who's name is going to sell the gear.
Kids will come in and see Zakk Wylde on a mini marshall "stack" and buy it because of that (**** did those things sound horrible though) or because its got a bullseye graphic etc.
Again, music store employee here, watched it happen over and over each and every day. You work in a music store ever ?
So how does a Nugent amp make sense in that regard ?
EVH, Slash, Dimebag, Wylde, Kerry King etc. Those guys make sense because each and every day I had kids coming in wanting to sound like them. Its worth paying them a royality because their name sells more gear. Smart business.
Heck, you make a Bellamy line of pedals, even if its cheap crap and you'd sell a ton of them to every impressional Muse fan around (I personally really like Bellamy by the way).
Now I'm not from MI, so maybe thats the difference, but never, I repeat NEVER once did I ever have anyone come in and ask about getting the Nudge sound. Maybe its a local thing though in your part of the US, I don't know.
So then, with what we've learned about signature gear, can you argue its a smart business move to market a Nudge amp ?
Its not about his music, its about his marketability.
Nudge has done far more than I likely ever will in music, I agree 100% there, but his sig amp and my sig amp both would sell about as well
In closing though, I will say that if they package it with a loin cloth that would be pretty **** awesome =)