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Re: why do they go JACKSON USA to ESP?
The only ones that are HIGHLY paid are Vai, Satriani, and the dudes from Korn. Each of them are getting, what I've heard anyway, $250,000+ a year. I SEVERELY doubt that the all the Lynch models COMBINED earn him anywhere near that much in the royalties they pay.
Signature models are almost always exactly what the players play. Why wouldn't they be? The only modifications I've ever seen on artist guitars that we sent out were on Pat Lachman's Soloists, and that was a simple pickup swap for EMG's. What's the point of having a signature model that's completely different from what the dudes play themselves? Even if they use customs, the signatures are going to be based on those customs.
metalcop: Did you lose respect for EVH when he put Kramer logos on all of his mutts? Or when James Hetfield put that awesome 'Kill Bon Jovi' logo over his Jackson's headstock? ALL endorsements work the same way. You are seen with the guitars you endorse and no others. You can play them in the studio, you can play them at home, you just can't play them onstage or in public. It is like that with EVERY endorsement deal from every manufacturer. That is a standard clause. Lynch and EVH's logos were a way for them to keep playing guitars they liked, but retain their endorsement deals.
I've played a few LTD's. I can't see what the big deal is, like 'em or loathe 'em. They're just mid-range guitars. No better or worse than anything else in the price range.
The only ones that are HIGHLY paid are Vai, Satriani, and the dudes from Korn. Each of them are getting, what I've heard anyway, $250,000+ a year. I SEVERELY doubt that the all the Lynch models COMBINED earn him anywhere near that much in the royalties they pay.
Signature models are almost always exactly what the players play. Why wouldn't they be? The only modifications I've ever seen on artist guitars that we sent out were on Pat Lachman's Soloists, and that was a simple pickup swap for EMG's. What's the point of having a signature model that's completely different from what the dudes play themselves? Even if they use customs, the signatures are going to be based on those customs.
metalcop: Did you lose respect for EVH when he put Kramer logos on all of his mutts? Or when James Hetfield put that awesome 'Kill Bon Jovi' logo over his Jackson's headstock? ALL endorsements work the same way. You are seen with the guitars you endorse and no others. You can play them in the studio, you can play them at home, you just can't play them onstage or in public. It is like that with EVERY endorsement deal from every manufacturer. That is a standard clause. Lynch and EVH's logos were a way for them to keep playing guitars they liked, but retain their endorsement deals.
I've played a few LTD's. I can't see what the big deal is, like 'em or loathe 'em. They're just mid-range guitars. No better or worse than anything else in the price range.
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