When guitar brand have very unlikely players in their ads.

[warrent]

Here are a couple of unlikely players (John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg) with a likely player in the middle.

That's not Bjorn Borg it's Vitas Gerulaitis, he was friends a jamming partners with Eddie. McEnroe owns or used to own a lefty Burst.
Here's Vitus with the guitar Eddie gave him in 83 at MSG

Here are the duo with Aerosmith with John holding the guitar Eddie had made for him:

 

[radtz]

A little off track here and I can't find the picture but... SRV was playing at my college in the late 80's. He must have had some deal with a local music store. I watched 2 guys from the store basically chase him around until he finally gave in and smiled into the camera pretending to hold one of these (the music store guy was actually holding it):

 

[radtz]

Incongruous endorsements certainly are nothing new...

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I would have bet the farm that Doris Day was a CAT girl

 

[Blazer]

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That wasn't false advertisement, as Hendrix DID play that flying V.

 

[421JAM]

Any Dean ad not featuring Dimebag Darrell.

 

[captain_jack]

Rick beatos LP special doublecut springs to mind. Odd having a youtuber signature model, but that's how the world works nowdays and a captive audience of 2.4 million subs can't be ignored.

To be fair he's also a musician and record producer. Labeling him just as a "youtuber" feels a bit disingenuous, imo.

 

[teletail]

That wasn't false advertisement, as Hendrix DID play that flying V.

Unlikely doesn’t mean false.

 

[Wrighty]

If a guy from Gibson, Ibanez, or any other decent manufacturer wandered up to you and offered you a pretty much endless supply of guitars if you’d play them exclusively and let them publish pics. of you doing so, would you decline and stick with your Tele?

 

[papa32203]

Here are a couple of unlikely players (John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg) with a likely player in the middle.

That is actually McEnroe and Vitas Gerulaitis (RIP).....not Borg.

 

[David Barnett]

Larry Coryell - Cort:

 

[Greggorios]

"We're only in it for the money."

 

[Willie Johnson]

I had one of these stupid things, which is probably one of the other things Richie Sambora and I don't have in common...

 

[teletail]

If a guy from Gibson, Ibanez, or any other decent manufacturer wandered up to you and offered you a pretty much endless supply of guitars if you’d play them exclusively and let them publish pics. of you doing so, would you decline and stick with your Tele?

Yes.

 

[Blazer]

If a guy from Gibson, Ibanez, or any other decent manufacturer wandered up to you and offered you a pretty much endless supply of guitars if you’d play them exclusively and let them publish pics. of you doing so, would you decline and stick with your Tele?

I would take them up on that offer, if that means that they make the guitars according to my wishes. I'd lend them my favorite ones and say "Copy the neck of that one." and "Take the position of the switch and knobs of that one."

Players who do have an endorsement like that often road test prototypes before a signature model is brought out.

 

[Chiogtr4x]

Don't have any pics, but I have late '70's Guitar Player magazine ad memories of both The Outlaws and Dickey Betts endorsing the Electra MPC models ( Les Paul style guitars with plug in preamp/ effects modules)
Have no idea if these guys ever used...

 

[archetype]

Incongruous endorsements certainly are nothing new...

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Wow! It's like they read my mind. I've always imagined Doris Day on a roller.

 

[archetype]

I'd rather hear her play, than sing, even if she played badly.

 

[archetype]

I would have bet the farm that Doris Day was a CAT girl

You're thinking of Catwoman. She may have been pitching for Massy-Ferguson tractors, or something.

 

[Killing Floor]

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You know this is fake because Jimi couldn’t play right side up.

 

[Zoso420]

Don't have any pics, but I have late '70's Guitar Player magazine ad memories of both The Outlaws and Dickey Betts endorsing the Electra MPC models ( Les Paul style guitars with plug in preamp/ effects modules)
Have no idea if these guys ever used...

I follow Andy Timmons on the Facebook and he has been looking for his white electra les paul copy that was stolen back in the 70s. He says it was his first good guitar.