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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
and they had a small feature in Metal Hammer, a copy of which Bradders sent me.
the grand total of contacts I had as a consequence . . . none.
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I've turned down many people, it's hurt Bulldog's profile to a certain extent. Same at Matamp, we told Gary Moore to sling his hook wanting free stuff, along with others. I can even tell you how much it costs to buy an endorsement of a famous name.
I've even been an endorser of famous name brands who say they don't give stuff away, well they gave me stuff for free. I've even been offered stuff for favourable reviews on Harmony Central etc.
It's the way it is and the way it always will be sadly. I'd even put my neck out and say many guitarists lack the confidence to like a piece of gear on its own merit. They need the reassurance of a famous name endorser.
End of rant.
Guitar builders can relieve their tensions by stabbing a large lump of wood with something sharp ... or even (smacks lips) a power tool. Us Wise Ones Of The Wobbly Wire have to be more restrained
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm a bit of an old hand at running businesses ... had a music shop for ten years ... have spent most of my life self employed ... and had a father, who, though a brilliant engineer and wonderful inventor fell into all the above traps.
And I will say this now ... big and bold ... Oil City will never get any production done in the Far East ... however much the brand expands.
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Too true. And 45awg is even more of a sod - hence the reason I try and avoid it....
Jim is right, Vintage actually do themselves a disservice with their embarrassing endorser montage ads
I think the 3 tier approach is a good model for large companies. For smaller ones, I think a dedicated genuine user of your stuff, who has some recognition, should get trade price type discount, and enhanced support. Other than that, I'd feel like a small business was being shafted
We should have another thread about signature models - most of them have been impressive but expensive, and I always feel a little worried that other players will think I'm a tosser who thinks I can pick a Pro's skill up by buying a guitar with his signature on it
I've only ever bought 2 - a USA acoustic, for a very good used price, and a Pat Metheny Ibanez. I tried the Gibson 175, etc. and didn't like the baseball bat necks much, and concluded that if Metheny has played these Ibanez models for 2 decades or so, they must be pretty good - why would someone so rich and talented have a sig model and play it that long if it was lacking? That's the big test really, how long does the player carry on using the kit? I think Ibanez must have the best record for retention of endorsement for long-term signature models. Scofield, Benson, Metheny, Vai, Satriani.......
Anyway, anyone asking a small business for a deal should have to be pretty high-profile, and only expect trade prices and extra support, unless the business has no players, and the endorsee spends a lot of time helping to develop products