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Re: Who would you want as a Jackson Endorsee?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes I fully agree with that. they would be ideal. I am a petrucci fan so I would love to see him on board. I have nothing against EBMM either I like thier guitars but I would rather see JP with Jackson.
Originally posted by markpb:
ah yer probably right, Jackson probably wouldn't make him a seven string sig, and dime might be tough, but those are two prime examples of the type of player who should be a Jackson endorsee, and it's easy to picture either one of them playing Jacksons, it's a good match. The reason they aren't is because these other companies were more agressive. They went out and got these guys, they didn't sit around with their finger in their blowhole waiting for the stars to align right. Ibanez and ESP have been aggressive and smart, and it has paid off. This is painful to type, but what Jackson really should have done many moons ago when they had a good shot at it, was wrap up Kirk Hammett. They couldn't have made a smarter move, and ESP had the business sense and the will to get it done. Hammett makes me barf, but you couldn't get more high profile. You could have a truckload of guys like Borislav Mitic, and it wouldn't make a sh*t of difference, which is why Ibanez and ESP don't waste their time on them. Ibanez wanted it more than anyone else in the late 80's, they went out and stole Vai and Satriani right out from under everyone elses nose, right when those two were the kings of the guitar playing universe, as far as popularity goes. Ibanez made it on the cover of a hundred magazines and god knows what else. When you think about all this, it gives you some perspective on how meek and naive Jackson really was as a guitar company.
ah yer probably right, Jackson probably wouldn't make him a seven string sig, and dime might be tough, but those are two prime examples of the type of player who should be a Jackson endorsee, and it's easy to picture either one of them playing Jacksons, it's a good match. The reason they aren't is because these other companies were more agressive. They went out and got these guys, they didn't sit around with their finger in their blowhole waiting for the stars to align right. Ibanez and ESP have been aggressive and smart, and it has paid off. This is painful to type, but what Jackson really should have done many moons ago when they had a good shot at it, was wrap up Kirk Hammett. They couldn't have made a smarter move, and ESP had the business sense and the will to get it done. Hammett makes me barf, but you couldn't get more high profile. You could have a truckload of guys like Borislav Mitic, and it wouldn't make a sh*t of difference, which is why Ibanez and ESP don't waste their time on them. Ibanez wanted it more than anyone else in the late 80's, they went out and stole Vai and Satriani right out from under everyone elses nose, right when those two were the kings of the guitar playing universe, as far as popularity goes. Ibanez made it on the cover of a hundred magazines and god knows what else. When you think about all this, it gives you some perspective on how meek and naive Jackson really was as a guitar company.
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