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#47941 - 05/16/12 06:51 PM Motorhead Guitars
mark Offline
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Hey guys, anyone seen or have pictures of any Motorhead, themed or tribute guitars, I have never really seen any about.

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#47946 - 05/17/12 12:22 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: mark]
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The only Motorhead-related guitars I've seen have been replicas of guitars like Phil's by T.C. Ellis, LAG, and a six-string (And four string) replica of Lem's brown Rickenbacker bass by T.C. Ellis.
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#47964 - 05/17/12 11:20 PM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: Snaggletöoth]
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The official Lemmy Rickenbackers that were released quite a while ago are one of the Holy Grails both for Motorhead fans and for Rickenbacker collectors. They also happen to be what is likely the highest increase in value for any guitar or bass from that period.
I found a dealer that had one in his inventory. After doing some research, he found out how valuable it had become. He knew it would be somewhat valuable but had no idea of quite how valuable it now is. There are some lucky guys on one of the Rickenbacker forums that bought them for under $2,000. when they came out.

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#48057 - 05/22/12 10:10 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: vortexx]
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On he news section of the site it says
"Phil is now exclusivley using Caparison Guitars."
With a picture of him and said guitar does this mean hes putting the Lag to bed????I cant yet find any more info.....

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#48062 - 05/22/12 03:23 PM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: MotorSmell]
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I bloody hope not, I spent enough fucking money on my LAG
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#48071 - 05/22/12 10:41 PM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: Motörheadbanger9]
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I'm a guitar collector but I have to honestly say that I've only heard about this company (Caparison) very briefly. I went to their site and although the guitars look decent, I probably wouldn't buy one as it's not much different, feature wise, from many other guitars out there. If Phil actually gets a signature model where he chooses the features, it may be worth getting but so far they are only saying that he currently plays guitars by this company.

I only own a couple of signature guitars (If you don't include Les Pauls). I have a Tony Iommi "old boy" built by the same guy that built Tony's in the 1970s (it's the guitar where the finish of it looks like it bubbled and got melted off in parts) I think my guitar is number 14 or 17 meaning there are very few out there. I have a celebrity owned guitar (from someone who I promised not to name) and I think I have one more but I can't think of it right now.

Here's Tony Iommi's Old Boy:



Anyway, It's off topic but I hope Tony gets better as he`s currently battling cancer.


Edited by vortexx (05/22/12 10:42 PM)

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#48072 - 05/23/12 01:20 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: Motörheadbanger9]
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Originally Posted By: Motörheadbanger9
I bloody hope not, I spent enough fucking money on my LAG


Artists change all the time, he's also done ads for Framus Guitars.
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#48081 - 05/23/12 06:55 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: vortexx]
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Originally Posted By: vortexx
I'm a guitar collector but I have to honestly say that I've only heard about this company (Caparison) very briefly. I went to their site and although the guitars look decent, I probably wouldn't buy one as it's not much different, feature wise, from many other guitars out there. If Phil actually gets a signature model where he chooses the features, it may be worth getting but so far they are only saying that he currently plays guitars by this company.

I only own a couple of signature guitars (If you don't include Les Pauls). I have a Tony Iommi "old boy" built by the same guy that built Tony's in the 1970s (it's the guitar where the finish of it looks like it bubbled and got melted off in parts) I think my guitar is number 14 or 17 meaning there are very few out there. I have a celebrity owned guitar (from someone who I promised not to name) and I think I have one more but I can't think of it right now.

Here's Tony Iommi's Old Boy:



Anyway, It's off topic but I hope Tony gets better as he`s currently battling cancer.


That is amazing!!!!!!!!

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#48084 - 05/23/12 07:02 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: Snaggletöoth]
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Originally Posted By: Snaggletöoth
Originally Posted By: Motörheadbanger9
I bloody hope not, I spent enough fucking money on my LAG


Artists change all the time, he's also done ads for Framus Guitars.


...specially Phil, he changed guitars at almost every song at Wolves 2011...
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#48088 - 05/23/12 07:58 AM Re: Motorhead Guitars [Re: MotorLaw]
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There are reasons for that onstage, mostly about using certain guitars for certain songs based on what pickups they use, how good they are for playing at higher tempos, how the neck is setup and so on.

Advertising for musicians is a little different. Usually artists advertise one guitar brand (Usually the main one whose products they use most often), strings, amps and so on, but that's usually it. Phil's one of the few people who advertises for so many different companies.
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