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Roy Clark Signatures have many variations over the years. There was a limited run of essentially H-535s with his name on them and with exception wood figuring. But the original design is a single cutaway that's deeper than the H-535s for higher fret access. The thinking of the single vs. double cutaway is that there is more bling facing the audience, a larger resonance chamber, and a little more body weight to avoid neck dive. You'll find them with double and single cutaways, maple and mahogany necks, dots, blocks and split block inlays, and some with Bigsbys. Some will have traditional black headstock veneers and some will have matching maple figured woods. Here's a ten year old thread that shows my old natural Roy Clark. I found one a few days ago that I managed to close a deal on. It's among the last ones made AFAIK. I'm a fan of the chestnut burst and the block inlays like on the H-157. I believe it has Seth Lovers, but I'll know eventually. This is basically a hybrid of a H-530 and a H-555. Here's him funking around showing off his skills. Anyway, here's the incoming porn.

Yeah that's nice too! Dig the orange. And back to Roy Clark: one of the best musicians, ever. RIP

Similar to my H-537. But much nicer. Nice snatch!

A beautiful guitar. Roy was a gentleman, and a gifted player of all things with strings.

I do recall that Roy did have quite a hand in designing his two Heritage types. I also recall that some of the original guys, maybe Marv and Ren, told me he "stole" some guitars. I may have it wrong, but as I recall they lent him a couple of guitars that he wouldn't return, and Roy was mad at the Heritage guys. I know they were mad at him, at least for a while. I think it's possible that there was a disagreement about what constituted a RC Signature model. I personally got one that did not having any Roy Clark markings on it, which probably means Roy got no royalties. There was fallout with Johnny Smith as well. I can surmise why but don't know. Nonetheless, the Roy Clark and Johnny Smith guitars are among my favorites. Life is complicated. Here's a RC solo that is amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DjQ650DK5k