Associate the gear with the player!!

[GodOfRhythm]

John, Explorer is definitly Hetfield. No doubt about that. :p

[AfterForever]

"JUST SUBMIT 1 player"

Reading comprehension, embrace it.

I couldn't choose just one.. so many great people play(ed) fender.. and they are well known by different groups of people..

[jgcable]

John, Explorer is definitly Hetfield. No doubt about that. :p

Good point. There are probably more pics of him and his Explorer bodied guitars than any other Explorer player.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

Squier-Omar Rodriguez!

[VulfgangPfuck]

Good point. There are probably more pics of him and his Explorer bodied guitars than any other Explorer player.

You could also say Allen Collins and Eric Clapton for the Explorer, but it was only briefly in the 70's. Allen Collins used his nearly exclusively, but unfortunately......

And Mike B.
I agree with you on the whole EVH/Kramer thing now....EVH did market them better, even though Richie Sambora was more loyal to them.

[charvelguy]

"JUST SUBMIT 1 player"

Reading comprehension, embrace it.

I tried, I really did..but then decided F-it.. *because* some of those companies really spanned alot of decades and..ultimately I didn't want too... so there

Gibson-Charlie Christian
Guild-Roy Clark

[markb]

For Anderson, you could probably say Kirk hammett. Anderson himself has said several times that his orders and visibility blew through the roof overnight when hammett was pictured with one on the cover of guitar world. (or guitar one or whatever mag it was. I had the issue he refers to many moons ago when i bought guitar mags all the time (80's) Hammett of course people would associate with ESP mostly but what else is there for anderson?

You forgot a couple companies...
Hamer - Rick Neilson
G&L - Jerry Cantrell

BC Rich hit the spotlight overnite because of Clapton, even though no one associates the player/company, for obviousr reasons.

edit: i see someone mentioned g&l/cantrell

I would say Hammetts influence as an ESP player totally eclipses Lynch, as far as visibility and influence goes.

[VulfgangPfuck]

You forgot a couple companies...
Hamer - Rick Neilson

Dude...that was mentioned a few posts back...even by me.

Clapton did absolutely NOTHING for BC Rich that launched them into any kind of spotlight.. He happened to be a fan of Bernie's acoustic line in the late 60's and when Bernie went electric, he had already become friends with him and Bernie asked EC to do some ads for his fledgling company in the mid 70's
It was Joe Perry, Rick Derringer, and Johnny Agogo (and later Elliot Easton) who basically helped "launch" the company.

[lerxstcat]

I always associated Pete Townsend with Telecasters for some reason.

I only remember him with a Tele in the Rough Boys video; did he use them with the Who? I remember Les Pauls and SGs, and a Rick in the My Generation clip.

[lerxstcat]

GUITARS:::
Gibson - Jimmy Page
Fender - Jimi Hendrix
Ibanez - Steve Vai
Guild - Kim Thayill
Epiphone - John Lennon
Rickenbacker - Chris Squire
Jackson - Randy Rhoads
Charvel - EVH
Dean - Darrell Abbott
ESP - Kirk Hammett
BC Rich - Dave Mustaine
PRS - Carlos Santana
Carvin - Craig Chaquico
Ernie Ball/Musicman - EVH
Suhr - Reb Beach
Anderson

AMPS:::
Fender - Jimi Hendrix
Peavey - EVH
Marshall - Jimmy Page
Mesa Boogie - Carlos Santana
Soldano -
Carvin - Frank Zappa
Engl
Randall - George Lynch
Ampeg - Geddy Lee
Sunn
Crate - Marty Friedman
Vox - Brian May (would say The Beatles but you said ONE)
Laney - Paul Gilbert
Bogner - Bill Zurlo
Deizel
VHT

[Zerberus]

Alexi Laiho - ESP ( )

Pat o'Brien - BC Rich

Yeah, right.... Alexi has done a lot more for ESP in 2 years than Metallica, Lynch, Ron Wood and others have done in 20 years? I think not

[zeegler]

This is a very interesting thread, but I think what most of us are doing, is posting the guys WE most equate with a certain manufacturer. It's interesting how several manufacturers have one outstanding player that the majority of people think of.

Guild - Kim Thayil
Randall - Dimebag
Suhr - Mark Knopfler
etc.

Of course these are not big manufacturers like Gibson, Fender, Marshall, and don't have hundreds of big name artists playing them.

Take for example a Fender Strat, and I'll bet we can come up with dozens of artists who currently (or at one time) use them almost exclusively.

Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughan
David Gilmour
Jimi Hendrix
Yngwie Malmsteen
Robert Cray
Pete Townshend
Adrian Smith
Dick Dale
etc.

Some heavy hitters there!!!

[pagemalicious]

UITARS:::
Gibson - Jimmy Page
Fender - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ibanez - Vai
Guild - god knows
Epiphone - Beatles
Rickenbacker - Beatles
Jackson - Jeff Hanneman
Charvel - Vivian Campbell
Dean - Dimebag
ESP - Metallica
BC Rich - Kerry King
PRS - Carlos Santana
Carvin - Jason Becker
Ernie Ball/Musicman - John Petrucci
Suhr - Reb Beach
Anderson - no one

AMPS:::
Fender - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Peavey - Kreator
Marshall - Zakk Wylde
Mesa Boogie - metallica
Soldano - Jon Schaefer
Carvin - Vai
Engl - Kreator
Randall - Dimebag
Ampeg - Adrian Smith
Sunn - no one
Crate - no one
Vox - Brian May
Laney - Paul Gilbert
Bogner - Rusty Cooley
Deizel - Korn
VHT - no one

[Sinistas]

How did we get through 2 pages without people mentioning BO DIDDLEY for Guild? Come on, the coolest guitars ever!

[Flatpicker]

Gibson Jimmy Page
Fender Mark Knopfler
Ibanez Steve Vai
Guild
Epiphone John Lennon
Rickenbacker Harrison
Jackson Phil Collen
Charvel Eddie Van Halen
Dean Dimebag Darrell
ESP George Lynch
BC Rich Lita Ford
PRS Howard Leese
Carvin Alan Holdsworth
Ernie Ball/Musicman Steve Morse
Suhr Mark Knopfler
Anderson

AMPS:::
Fender Albert Lee
Peavey
Marshall Jimmy Page
Mesa Boogie
Soldano
Carvin Steve Vai
Engl Blackmore
Randall Dimebag
Ampeg
Sunn
Crate
Vox Paul McCartney
Laney
Bogner
Deizel
VHT