Roy Clark passed away- a true master

[vinnyv1k]

Roy Clark had some serious talent and guitar chops as did Glenn Campbell. Roy was also a very nice man.
Thank you Roy and RIP.

[Stringswinger]

Now this departed master is himself a ghost rider in the sky.....

[Marty Grass]

Here's exactly what I was pointing out. This magazine has Ren Wall from Heritage on the cover with a Roy Clark without Roy's signature on the headstock.

This is an excellent thin hollowbody with open access all the way up the neck. Roy's name should be on it.

I can tell you a little Heritage story about Roy.

I've owned a couple of the Roy Clark model from Heritage. Neither of them had Roy's signature decal on the headstock veneer. One day I asked a couple of the Heritage factory owners why there was no signature. They said some people who ordered the guitar didn't want Roy's name on it. Being a blues and jazz player, I sort of understood that country is a different genre and that Roy didn't portray the heavy depth and angst of the blues.

I heard them talk about how Roy hadn't return three guitars they shipped to him and he didn't intend to. They were not happy about that. They implied that he was cheating them out of the guitars or the money.

I thought about that further and realized that there's another side to that story. If there are two guitars that I personally got used without Roy's signature, and therefore no royalty went to Roy, there must be quite a few more out there Roy helped design but didn't get a cent on.

I have never heard a negative thing about Roy that I believe to be true.

My backstage story was with Bobby Vinton. I was his assistant for a show. He was genuinely a very nice man who played many instruments well. I was 18, and he treated me with respect and showed interest in me, just a stage hand. I will never forget that kindness.

[Greentone]

Did Roy Clark break the deal with Heritage, or did Heritage drop the name and stop honoring the deal with Clark?

Either way, I agree with Mark that the guitar should say Roy Clark on it.

[Greentone]

Late in his career, Roy played sporadically. His sister told me that his arthritis was so bad that it caused him a GREAT deal of pain to even play a couple of songs. Nonetheless, buoyed by audience enthusiasm, Roy would still attempt things like Malaguena when the spirit moved him. He played this on a 12-string, for goodness sake.

Dude.

[Marty Grass]

It is true that they had their differences. But his name was off of the headstock when the customer requested its absence long before Heritage dropped it from the catalog.

Here's a 2018 build with his name on the label but not the headstock.

Heritage Roy Clark Custom 2018 Vintage Wine Burst | Reverb

Did Roy Clark break the deal with Heritage, or did Heritage drop the name and stop honoring the deal with Clark?

Either way, I agree with Mark that the guitar should say Roy Clark on it.