Personalized autograph or just name only?

[milsap195]

Mr Carver is finished modifying my cherry 180's to run the KT-150 tubes and wanted to know how I wanted him to autograph them. Should I get him to personalize them to me or just have him sign his name only. I don't think I will ever sell them but you all know how that goes..... I think if they are personalized it may hurt their value. What do you think?

[Cory Cooper]

Hmmm...that's a really good question.

Personally, I always like to get autographs of just the person's name. I don't plan on selling the ones I have either, but you never know. In the autograph collecting world, many celebrities/famous people charge more for no personalization, especially when items other than photographs are signed, as a lot of the time they are acquired by autograph companies for resale.

As these are VERY expensive components, I think it would look better/cleaner with just his name. You could always have him personalize something else for you at the same time, if he is willing.

Just my opinion,

C

[chaosrv]

Jun 5, 2014 10:05:14 GMT -5 milsap195 said:

Mr Carver is finished modifying my cherry 180's to run the KT-150 tubes and wanted to know how I wanted him to autograph them. Should I get him to personalize them to me or just have him sign his name only. I don't think I will ever sell them but you all know how that goes..... I think if they are personalized it may hurt their value. What do you think?

I say go with whatever makes you the happiest. Personalized or not, they are still Bob Carver amps and there will always be a market for them.
if you want best of both worlds, get something personalized but without addressing it to you, if that makes sense. That way you get something unique but not exclusionary to prospective buyers.

[thrillcat]

Jun 5, 2014 10:05:14 GMT -5 milsap195 said:

Mr Carver is finished modifying my cherry 180's to run the KT-150 tubes and wanted to know how I wanted him to autograph them. Should I get him to personalize them to me or just have him sign his name only. I don't think I will ever sell them but you all know how that goes..... I think if they are personalized it may hurt their value. What do you think?

I would have him sign them "Wow, these are the best I've ever done! -Bob". That way if you do decide to sell, you've just maximized your resale value.

[jedinite24]

Agree with thrillcat. I say have Bob Carver autograph them with no personalization at all. Should you be forced to sell the amps for whatever reason you won't have another reason for someone to take away your re-sale value. I remember a seller having a pair of Odyssey monoblocks that were autographed and personalized to the buyer and when the buyer was forced to sell them some prospective buyers were complaining about the personalized autograph.

[KeithL]

In general, with any autographed "memorabelia", having a personalized autograph hurts the resale value. (Since amps are more utilitarian than baseballs, I would expect this to be less true for an amp). However, a personal autograph may impress your friends more. (I guess it depends on whether you like Bob, or just his amps... )

Jun 5, 2014 10:44:16 GMT -5 chaosrv said:

Jun 5, 2014 10:05:14 GMT -5 milsap195 said:

Mr Carver is finished modifying my cherry 180's to run the KT-150 tubes and wanted to know how I wanted him to autograph them. Should I get him to personalize them to me or just have him sign his name only. I don't think I will ever sell them but you all know how that goes..... I think if they are personalized it may hurt their value. What do you think?

I say go with whatever makes you the happiest. Personalized or not, they are still Bob Carver amps and there will always be a market for them.
if you want best of both worlds, get something personalized but without addressing it to you, if that makes sense. That way you get something unique but not exclusionary to prospective buyers.

[chaosrv]

Jun 5, 2014 10:47:39 GMT -5 thrillcat said:

Jun 5, 2014 10:05:14 GMT -5 milsap195 said:

Mr Carver is finished modifying my cherry 180's to run the KT-150 tubes and wanted to know how I wanted him to autograph them. Should I get him to personalize them to me or just have him sign his name only. I don't think I will ever sell them but you all know how that goes..... I think if they are personalized it may hurt their value. What do you think?

I would have him sign them "Wow, these are the best I've ever done! -Bob". That way if you do decide to sell, you've just maximized your resale value.

That's exactly what I meant. Have a personalized message in that it is more than just his signature but it doesn't say To/Dear your name.

[GreenKiwi]

^^^^ I like it...

I'd just have his signature somewhere visible... and then have an personalized message on the back or bottom.

[stiehl11]

Make sure you have him date it. He's no spring chicken.

[thrillcat]

Jun 5, 2014 12:52:12 GMT -5 chaosrv said:

Jun 5, 2014 10:47:39 GMT -5 thrillcat said:

I would have him sign them "Wow, these are the best I've ever done! -Bob". That way if you do decide to sell, you've just maximized your resale value.

That's exactly what I meant. Have a personalized message in that it is more than just his signature but it doesn't say To/Dear your name.

Mine was more of a joke - have Bob write on there that it is the best he's ever done, that way you can officially say it's the best Carver mod available if you decide to sell it.

Apparently I'm not as funny as I thought.

[luvtubes]

I too have personalized message on both of my amps. They were a 2 year long journey for me and Bob to complete them and I felt having that message would add some credibility to the build.

That personalization is on the back of the transformer cover. The front has a signature plate, which we both signed together.

[chaosrv]

Jun 5, 2014 16:07:06 GMT -5 thrillcat said:

Jun 5, 2014 12:52:12 GMT -5 chaosrv said:

That's exactly what I meant. Have a personalized message in that it is more than just his signature but it doesn't say To/Dear your name.

Mine was more of a joke - have Bob write on there that it is the best he's ever done, that way you can officially say it's the best Carver mod available if you decide to sell it.

Apparently I'm not as funny as I thought.

Okay maybe not that exact wording but the idea behind what you said.
better?

[thrillcat]

Jun 5, 2014 17:16:53 GMT -5 chaosrv said:

Jun 5, 2014 16:07:06 GMT -5 thrillcat said:

Mine was more of a joke - have Bob write on there that it is the best he's ever done, that way you can officially say it's the best Carver mod available if you decide to sell it.

Apparently I'm not as funny as I thought.

Okay maybe not that exact wording but the idea behind what you said.
better?

Don't Panic.

[jlafrenz]

My vote would be for a plain autograph, just in case.

[milsap195]

I asked him to just sign one of the transformer covers. I figured i would keep it simple with just the one autograph.

[ocezam]

I'm not concerned with the autograph either way. I'd like to know what he did to the amps though.

Details?

[ocezam]

Jun 5, 2014 16:24:42 GMT -5 luvtubes said:

I too have personalized message on both of my amps. They were a 2 year long journey for me and Bob to complete them and I felt having that message would add some credibility to the build. That personalization is on the back of the transformer cover. The front has a signature plate, which we both signed together.

Where have you been? Long time, no read.

[luvtubes]

Jun 5, 2014 22:36:50 GMT -5 ocezam said:

Jun 5, 2014 16:24:42 GMT -5 luvtubes said:

I too have personalized message on both of my amps. They were a 2 year long journey for me and Bob to complete them and I felt having that message would add some credibility to the build. That personalization is on the back of the transformer cover. The front has a signature plate, which we both signed together.

Where have you been? Long time, no read.

I pop in from time to time. I have no real desire to go into the SS stuff as tubes are my main interest, but I contribute where I can and my input is warranted.