What's the royalty % of a pro endorsement?

[FloydRose4Prez]

What's the typical, going rate for a Lynch, DeMartini, Mustaine, Hammett, etc?
Does it differ from company to company?

[dg]

I'd be willing to bet that it's negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

[neilli]

Yeah, absolutely. I'm sure Kirk Hammett would get way more than the bass player from Lamb of God for example. Purely because of records and instruments sold...

[KevinDguitar]

There's a couple of guys that I know who get 15% off the sale of a piece.. but they are BIG names with multiple pieces of sig gear.
As above, it has to do with popularity, units moved, demand...etc..

[fullmetalguitar]

I've seen in interviews where Steve Vai said he's made more money on his Ibanez endorsement deal than anything else.

[paige]

I heard wylde got $250,000.00 check 2 years ago just for epiphone sig alone. That was just for the year. I don't know if it's true though.

[guitarzan2]

I heard wylde got $250,000.00 check 2 years ago just for epiphone sig alone. That was just for the year. I don't know if it's true though.

The bitch should have used that to buy everyone guitars that his website ripped off.

[AussieTerry84]

The bitch should have used that to buy everyone guitars that his website ripped off.

what happened? what his website do?

[DonP]

Did I read that Les Paul got a nickel for each guitar sold? LOL!

[MartinBarre]

Don't Jackson pay their endorsees nothing at all? That's why they don't really have any, while the likes of Dean and ESP have loads.
Sure I read that on here.

[sixx_ gunner]

This is something I have wondered about as well. You see some very brand loyal players, while others seem to jump ship as the winds change direction.

I am sure there are lots of deals that never go thru, but to hear more about the ones that are in place is interesting...at least to me~

[AlexL]

Don't Jackson pay their endorsees nothing at all? That's why they don't really have any, while the likes of Dean and ESP have loads.
Sure I read that on here.

There's a difference between endorsers and signature artists.

Jackson has many endorsers, but only a handful of sig artists.

A signature artist has an instrument with their name on it (literally or figuratively), like the PC1, Demmelition V, etc. I can see them getting a cut.


- E.