Just got back from South Texas Rock Fest

[TexasRocks]

just outside San Antonio. Had a great time, seeing a lot of bands whose music are part of my "life soundtrack" back from when I was in high school.

Great tickets, Premium VIP, sat on the stage, yada yada yada....



The reason for the post is the gear I saw being used. A grand total of ONE Jackson. A less expensive import RR by a band on the second stage called Snake Skin Prison out of Austin, Texas (they were pretty good, and put on an entertaining show).

Saw a hand full of custom shop Charvels (will post pics later), and one Wayne Charvel.

And these were bands who used to play Jackson back in the day, and should be using them now. Where are the guitarists who play Jackson?!?

I saw :
Snake Skin Prison
Bullet Boys
Skid Row
Dokken
Queensryche
Bang Tango
Faster Pussycat
Stephen Pearcy (Ratt)
Y&T
LA Guns
UFO
and Tesla

Didn't see every act who played, and we skipped all the shows today to get back to Houston, but needless to say, I was a little disappointed not to see more Jackson/Charvels. Lots of Les Pauls. A few Stratocasters. Some Hamers. One Jackson, maybe 3 Charvels, and a Wayne.

[daisp]

Interesting, other than that how were the bands? sounded pretty cool to me, wish I could have gone!

[skorb]

most of those bands did not play Jacksons in their heyday or ever, really.

[bobafer]

I think people should start to be concerned about something else but just Gibsons...

[DevRock]

I'm kinda not seeing your point. None of these bands used Jacksons, really, and I think only one player from any of these bands was ever an endorsee. Here's what they primarily used back in the day:

Dokken - ESP
Queensryche - ESP & Gibson
LA Guns - BC Rich and Gibson
Ratt - only Robin played Jacksons and he's been dead for a long time.
UFO - Gibsons
Skid Row - don't know, but they weren't Jacksons.

[wreckingcrew]

Lynch played Kramers and Charvels as well, and Jeff Pilson played a Jackson bass.. lynch actually had a Japanese Market Signature model Kramer which is almost just like his ESP. Reverse banana headstock, HxS pickup configuration. The dudes iN Skid Row played just about everything, its hard to tell with them