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Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:10 am

Danger Mouse wrote:Are Washburn and PRS having a copmetition to see who can sign the least-famous famous guitarist as an endorsee or something?

Ibanez would win that one, after signing the guy from Blindspot

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:28 am

I thought Marcus was with ESP?

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:10 pm

CustomAudioBoutique wrote:I thought Marcus was with ESP?

This guy: http://www.ibanez.co.jp/ibanez_artist.php?artist_id=354

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:44 pm

Gelato wrote:
Danger Mouse wrote:Are Washburn and PRS having a copmetition to see who can sign the least-famous famous guitarist as an endorsee or something?
Ibanez would win that one, after signing the guy from Blindspot

Yeah, but he's world famous in New Zealand.

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:45 pm

Ah, Brandon ... well, he is a killer player, and has played Ibanez for a long time ... but I guess that's not really your point

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:56 pm

Hehe, all threads degenerate into blindspott bashing

and why not

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:05 pm

No bashing from this quarter. Stoked for Brandon about the endorsement though.

sambrowne · Post by **sambrowne** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:07 pm

Interesting that he's the only Ibanez endorsee in NZ. . . regardless of his chops, all anybody hears in Blindspott is pretty straightforward power chordage.

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:12 pm

Yeah, but endorsements are usually based on band profile, not player ability ... in which case, Brandon has both.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:16 pm

Are there any gibson endorsees in NZ? I know there are a few Australian ones

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:20 pm

D4 got hooked up with some really, really nice Gibson Custom Shop stuff while they were in the USA.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:35 pm

I saw them play a bit and they always had tele customs or strats, interesting

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:49 pm

Was that a long time ago? I don't ever remember seeing a Strat ...

Jimmy has owned a nice Tele Deluxe for a few years.

Dion always played a LP Junior DC. Also has a nice vintage Epiphone solidbody.

They got a 335 and a white SG '61 Reissue from Gibson, plus some more.

In the last few years I mainly saw them using Gibsons, the Epiphone and the Tele.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:27 pm

Yeah this was a while ago. I remember seeing them more recently and they had the tele custom and the white SG. I think one was using a plexi too?

reshtecpa in any case

Gelato · Post by **Gelato** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:33 pm

CustomAudioBoutique wrote:Ah, Brandon ... well, he is a killer player, and has played Ibanez for a long time ... but I guess that's not really your point

Not really

I'm not saying he doesn't deserve it (although I have never seen him play before), just that being famous in New Zealand is the opposite of actually being properly famous. But I guess you get to hang out with Paul Holmes and Cocksy, and all the other NZ celebrities