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Tom Quayle: Every review he ever did
Anyone know the specs of the guitar? I'm guessing it has jumbo frets and a flat fretboard?
I've watched a few of his demos on the new Ibanez AZ series and I do wish he'd explain the switching system properly, the ones I saw he just said where the new switch was and then went though each position on the selector, without saying "this is the front coil of the bridge humbucker tapped in series with the neck humbucker...(or whatever combination it was using)".
I know I could look on the Ibanez website to find that, but surely a review video should include that rather than just a bit of flashy showing off.
As far as the guitar goes, I love the look of it. Exactly my sort of thing (Yes, I like the GG Charvel), but the one thing I would change with both is that I love a really dark (eg Ebony) fretboard. I look forward to seeing reviews. Probably hideously expensive.
It is weird. I think it will burst at some point though....whilst I respect some of these guys and girls I don't look at them the same way I do people in bands....and that is just how it is. It's like a blurred line between presenter, salesman and technical guitar ability.
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I think signature / endorsed guitars have taken on a different meaning in recent years.
Before you had to be pretty much an international rock god to get a signature guitar - the benefit was the guitar companies really in snaring a Clapton etc, and the honour was for big rock star guitar player to be one of only a few people to get a signature Stratocaster (plus some cash as well I should imagine, but small fry in their total rock god earnings).
Now it's mutually beneficial, take Nick Johnston - how many of us would have heard him if he wasn't being pushed out there in videos and clinics by Schecter. At the same time, the Schecter name gets out there more. One without the other is pretty low key.
I only got to know of Big Wreck and Ian Thornley through his links with Suhr.
And I'd never heard of Martin Miller until recently and his exposure through Ibanez.
I bet the actually money linked to the unit sales of these guitars is pretty small, but there is a real value in the exposure of said internet guitarist and the subsequent exposure of the guitar brand, plus they inherit an awesome guitarist to play their guitars.
Also - these signature guitars aren't exactly designed from the ground up. Nick Johnstons "signature" Schecter is a bog standard USA model apart from his choice of off-the-shelf Seymour pickups and the colour.
Tom Qauyle's and Martin Miller's Ibanez AZ's have the standard hardware and pickups, just different tops, as far as I can see.
These guys aren't getting their own neck profiles, monkey grips, etc etc.
@musicman20 I don't think any of the Anderton's crew would have any qualms admitting that Quayle wipes the floor with the lot of them playing wise.
@dindude Pedant here: It's Martin Miller (formerly Martin Wichmann, "Wischi" on the Petrucci forum, he was just a kid when he started posting there, and he was already good then – now he's a facemelting monster)
Much agreement that the endorsement game has changed a lot with social media "stars" being the new brand ambassadors.
As Wischi's girlfriend has been doing ads for Ibanez too, maybe they'll be the first his'n'hers endorsers since Les Paul and Mary Ford?
Looks like they're throwing these models at all the YouTube crowd:
She looks a little different now from when she had two videos with over a million clicks.
Fascinating thing, as has been mentioned, with what’s happening to signature guitars. I haven’t heard of half of the ‘famous’ players with their own models (I’m not big on country or metal) and now we’ve got people from YouTube! However, since joining this forum I realise I may be in the minority as a player who doesn’t watch these reviewers or tutors. So I’m just not at all familiar with these YT ‘celebs’. I use the net to discover new music all the time, but I can’t get on with these clips which usually start with “Hey guys!” followed by a blast of distortion and a ten minute chat about neck radius. Anyway, it doesn’t matter whose name is on a headstock or backplate if it’s a decent guitar.
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@dindude - same as you Re:Ian Thornley and Big Wreck
Moving away from guitar, if Neal Schon hadn't seen Arnel Pineda playing in a covers band on YT, he wouldn't have been in Journey.
Maybe Tom Quayle's 'moment' has yet to come, if he wants that, but I'd imagine he's doing what he wants an earning a living from it.
@axisus Odd, I'd posted about him and the 'Trooch forum in some depth on here before then!
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/74942/
I was very late to the party there, posting under my given name, Dominic, just before Paul reopened registration and the place was filled with people spamming their mixtests and YouTube solo competition entries, and bitching about Portnoy.
Sadly, all the content now seems to be gone!
Many of the players there can still be found knowing around the 'Net, I keep running into them and then remembering where I first saw their names. Madsman indeed always posted great content.