Post Nominations for the biggest Gear Endorsing Whores (artists) & the gear endorsed

[Elias Graves]

Originally Posted by GAS Man

Wachu talkin bout Willis. Esteban isn't no whore, look what a great deal you can get on his hat! http://www.hsn.com/media/esteban-sig...327845_xp.aspx


Don't get excited though, it's sold out. Can't get it in time for Christmas

I wonder if cooties were included?

[willyburger]

 

Originally Posted by bjcarl

Good call on Vai...anyone who'd put his own blood in the paint of a sig guitar is definitely in a league of his own...

 

I didn't know about the blood thing. Next big thing: Body-Fluid Signature guitars. Collect them all!

[Deadbeat Son]

Originally Posted by GAS Man

Indeed, how could I have forgotten

I remember coming damn close to buying a Wolfie with a flame top back in the earlier 90s, but I'm not even sure if that was at the end of the Ernie Ball period or beginning of the Peavey era.

Seems like he should have stuck with Music Man/Ernie Ball. The stability of that endorsement lends credence to the line when you see folks like Steve Lukather and Steve Morse sticking with them. It tends to say, "This IS a quality instrument and THIS is my ideal guitar". EVH's jumping around makes you think he was more interested in who would cut him the best deal and tickle his gonads the most.

Especially when his Peavey was a blatant ripoff of his EBMM. Back in those days when he made the switch I heard part of it had to do with supply problems. Supposedly EBMM couldn't keep up with the demand of the EVH model. I don't know how true that is though.

[bjcarl]

 

Originally Posted by willyburger

I didn't know about the blood thing. Next big thing: Body-Fluid Signature guitars. Collect them all!

 

Google "steve vai blood guitar". Gross.

[harold heckuba]

Here are some of the worst endorsement hoppers-

Leslie West (Gibson, Electra, Kramer, Jaros, Ed Roman, Epiphone, Dean, et al)
Earl Slick
Joe Walsh
EVH
Dan Donegan
Nick Catanese
Scott Ian
Mike Einziger
Paul Stanley

[GAS Man]

Originally Posted by harold heckuba

Here are some of the worst endorsement hoppers-

Leslie West (Gibson, Electra, Kramer, Jaros, Ed Roman, Epiphone, Dean, et al)

Yeah, I was surprised to see Leslie coupled up with Dean. It just seemed like such a polar opposite from his iconic identification with the LP Jr.
as an aside: The poor dude has recently lost a leg from what I understand.
Edit: well googling says it's already been a year and a half ago, and it was just half a leg, but still - bummer

[3 Headed Moses]

Originally Posted by bjcarl

Can we pick more than one?

I'm not busting your balls, GAS man, but I'm voting Zakk Wylde! Great gear and a great guitarist, but it seems like he keeps losing relevance and still has his name on everything.

TOTALLY agree! I'm sick of seeing his metal-caricature appearance on ever guitar mag and every advertisement inside of it.

[tlbonehead]

Originally Posted by GAS Man

Okay, here's the one that cracks me up - love the man - and I do think he would fit DaveAronow's point of being sincere, but is there any brand of guitar he hasn't endorsed?

Second from left (I can't seem to lift the image)
http://www.duesenbergusa.com/

is that Walsh?

[BEMUSofNthAmrca]

Munky, Wes Borland, John 5 are 3 nu-metal guys I can think of who were in the Guitar Player ads all the time. John 5 still is.

Nu-metal lent itself well to advertising. It's mixing with hip-hop made it kind of cool for guys in Rap-rock bands to be posing for Ibanez ads.

[DaleH]

[bjcarl]

Originally Posted by DaleH

whore!!!

actually, Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee both come to mind as well...i don't see their names on an overabundance of gear, but if you open up any random North American guitar mag, I guarantee there's an ad in there containing one of their faces...'

edit: same goes for Scott Ian, mentioned earlier

[Flatspotter]

Gene Simmons, for sure.

[GAS Man]

 

Originally Posted by tlbonehead

is that Walsh?

 

yep!

[Arr0wHead]

Pretty sure there's no one worse than Dave Mustaine. Let's forget the 5 million guitar brands, amps, effects, etc... he's endorsed and just focus on this one:

[mr.rs]

Earl Slick wins.
I have thirty years of mag ads to prove it.
He's still doing it today, too.
I don't even know who the hell he is either!

[Dr_Kuh]

2 Candidates:

EVH
www.evhgear.com

Or Joe Bonamassa
http://www.clearsonic.com/JB-4_Joe_Bonamassa.htm
(signature amp shield? Seriously?

[NoplanB]

Bonamassa by a mile. You can buy more signature JB stuff than you can Disney toys.....Sadly, I've scoured the shops for a Bonamassa Cookery Book for Xmas but cannot find one. I've emailed his agent, so we should be fine for Easter.

there are now at least 6 JB Signature Guitars, of which only one is less than

[Axeslinger]

What the hell... no Alex Lifeson love?

[GAS Man]

Originally Posted by NoplanB

Bonamassa by a mile. You can buy more signature JB stuff than you can Disney toys.....Sadly, I've scoured the shops for a Bonamassa Cookery Book for Xmas but cannot find one. I've emailed his agent, so we should be fine for Easter.

there are now at least 6 JB Signature Guitars, of which only one is less than

[blackmonday]

No question, it's Mustaine. He wins by a mile . He sells his old {censored} on ebay: http://iheartguitarblog.com/2009/02/...p-on-ebay.html

[blackmonday]

More comedy: Megadeth's ebay store where you can buy an autographed used toy helicopter:

"Learning to control these helicopters helped pass down-time while keeping the mind focused, which in turn helped keep the creative ideas flowing while writing and recording in studio."

[Arr0wHead]

How about the Dave Mustaine used strings? Signed boarding pass? Broken lighting can?

Roadie: "I'm gonna throw the trash from my lunch away"
Dave: "waitaminnut! You gonna trash that styrofoam container?"
Raodie: "No.. You're right. I should recycle it"
Dave: "Recycle? No dumbass, I'll sign it and we can put it on ebay!"

lol.

Just noticed the "Autographed pants, worn by Dave Mustaine".

Clearly the winner. What other person named in this thread sold his own signature pants?

[bjcarl]

I think we should all just concede and give it to Mustaine...you guys are totally right.

(Gene Simmons may find a way, though)

[The Lou-Dog]

Satch, Vai, EJ spring to mind.