Depends on the value of the guitar. Just a signed plate cover is not worth $1000. I paid $2800 for the Metallica guitar you see in my picture above. The guitar unsigned goes for $900. I probably overpaid for the guitar but I just loved the signatures on it. It’s more stunning in person with the bright silver sigs on the jet black body. The sigs are perfectly spaced and large.
But James is missing and the fact, that it's just signed on the plate cover kind of bothers me. It just "feels" less worthy to me than a signed body. But maybe that's just me ...