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The 10 most endorsement-hungry guitar heroes
Is the pen mightier than the axe?
Guitarist magazine, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 3:36 pm UTC
In the light of Joe Satriani possibly jumping ship from Peavey to Marshall for his amplification needs as reported last week, we thought, just for fun, that we'd make a list of his endorsements over the years just to see how many entries we could come up with.
Four days later, we're still compiling a list, not just of Joe's deals but as many people we could think of as we found our research taking many twists and turns, leading us towards a number of other famous players...
In no particular order, what follows is a list of the 10 guitar heroes who we found to have had the most signature equipment over the years. Each entry details not necessarily the kit they use onstage, but the gear in the shops that bears their names.
Additions and corrections, as ever, are gratefully received. Hey, this is only supposed to be a bit of fun…
Richie Sambora
Fender guitars – signature Strats
Kramer guitars – signature RS
ESP guitars – LTD SA-2
Taylor acoustics – RSSM double-neck
Martin acoustics – OMC-41 Sambora, MC12-41
Ovation acoustics – double and triple-necks
