police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I have recently been given an artist endorsement deal. I'm actually chuffed to bits about this, even though I'm 50 years old and have been gigging for over 30 years. It's made me all excited!! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Congratulations. Which which company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Steve Browning said: Congratulations. Which which company? The lovely lads at JHS. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big rob Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Thats great news and a nice pat on the back for all your efforts and an appreciation of your playing skill. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Congratulations. So what does that actually mean. What do they do for you and what do you have to do for them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, big rob said: Thats great news and a nice pat on the back for all your efforts and an appreciation of your playing skill. Well done Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 That's good. Somebody thinks you're worth investing in. Congrats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Linus27 said: Congratulations. So what does that actually mean. What do they do for you and what do you have to do for them? It's means I have access to their products (at artist rates), which I will promote. It's a great thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokl Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Cool, nice one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Well done, congratulations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 That is cool bananas, presumably this means Vintage basses, which imo are real hidden gems in the bass world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Following a chance meeting with Larry Hartke in New York, I had one with Hartke (I think it's probably still active). It was a somewhat lovely thing to behold; you just have visions of vans full of gear arriving, but in truth I only had three HyDrive cabinets off them, along with a replacement 10" speaker, as there was little necessity to keep swapping my backline out with fresh cabinets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Lozz196 said: That is cool bananas, presumably this means Vintage basses, which imo are real hidden gems in the bass world. actually my first is a 335 a like. The VSA500CR because I'm in a Paul Weller tribute (playing Steve's parts) I already have a Vintage Geoff Whitehorn signature guitar, which I've had over 10 years now. Extreme bang for buck and I'm done with buying expensive guitars, if I don't have to. I'll probably get a vintage bass or two aswell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 55 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Following a chance meeting with Larry Hartke in New York, I had one with Hartke (I think it's probably still active). It was a somewhat lovely thing to behold; you just have visions of vans full of gear arriving, but in truth I only had three HyDrive cabinets off them, along with a replacement 10" speaker, as there was little necessity to keep swapping my backline out with fresh cabinets. Used Hartke for many years. It was always very good. I still have one of the later HA3500 with the silver front. It sits in my practice room, unused these days as I've just put my old ampeg in there, since switching to Ashdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: Following a chance meeting with Larry Hartke in New York, I had one with Hartke (I think it's probably still active). It was a somewhat lovely thing to behold; you just have visions of vans full of gear arriving, but in truth I only had three HyDrive cabinets off them, along with a replacement 10" speaker, as there was little necessity to keep swapping my backline out with fresh cabinets. Ha - I had similar! Went into Sam Ash, struck up on a conversation... played some bass that appeared to really float his boat... and low and behold, talk about the gigs I was doing and onto endorsement talk. To be honest though, I didn't really dig the setup as much as the rig I was using so it would have been a complete enwhoresement... which is dead against my ethics. EDIT: Larry was (and I am sure still is) a top bloke to talk to. He seemed generally interested in me, what I was up to and the like... I'm sure I've got the obligatory pic with him somewhere on my computer. (With the Jack Bruce Warwick that had just been played at some Cream reunion or something... funnily, the one he let me play to test out the rigs...) Edited January 17, 2019 by EBS_freak 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said: Following a chance meeting with Larry Hartke in New York, I had one with Hartke (I think it's probably still active). It was a somewhat lovely thing to behold; you just have visions of vans full of gear arriving, but in truth I only had three HyDrive cabinets off them, along with a replacement 10" speaker, as there was little necessity to keep swapping my backline out with fresh cabinets. yeah, from mates who have deals it seems highly variable. In the band I depped with at Christmas, the rhythm guitarist and the last but one bass player got deals with ESP/LTD, right at the point they were trying to sign everybody in extreme metal (it was noticeable just how many on stage at Bloodstock were playing ESPs that year) and got a few free guitars (good ones too) but in exchange they had to sell their souls sign a contract that they wouldn't play anything else. The lead guitarist, who had been playing Jacksons, didn't like the ESPs that he tried and didn't want to commit to one company, so instead asked management to get him an endorsement with Jackson. So far he's had a free t-shirt, his photo is in a Jackson catalogue, and if he ever wants a new guitar they'll sell him one at half the list price, but he's happy with the ones he's already got so he has no intention of doing that. Not really worth his bother...though his ego does like being a Jackson endorsee... Another lead guitarist mate who's in a much higher profile band has deals with Ibanez and Mesa Boogie. For Boogie it's mates rates (but he does use that to save money on his purchases) and for Ibanez it's a bit more about getting guitars from their custom shop, which they only offer to their endorsed artists, not to the public Edited January 17, 2019 by Monkey Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Forgot to mention - @police squad - congrats on the endorsement by the way. Make sure you get one of those colour boxes - they are a great channel strip pedal... sound great on bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 12 minutes ago, EBS_freak said: Forgot to mention - @police squad - congrats on the endorsement by the way. Make sure you get one of those colour boxes - they are a great channel strip pedal... sound great on bass. Colour boxes? I'll have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Just now, police squad said: Colour boxes? I'll have a look https://www.jhspedals.com/products/bass-pedals/colourbox/ A really cool little pedal to have. Some good vids on YT showing versatility with keys, vocals, gtr etc too... Edited January 17, 2019 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, police squad said: actually my first is a 335 a like. The VSA500CR because I'm in a Paul Weller tribute (playing Steve's parts) I already have a Vintage Geoff Whitehorn signature guitar, which I've had over 10 years now. Extreme bang for buck and I'm done with buying expensive guitars, if I don't have to. I'll probably get a vintage bass or two aswell Def worth it, if I had any sense I’d sell off my estate of US Precisions and just play the Vintage Tony Butler V4s, feel virtually the same to play, and at a fifth of the price. Seriously good basses, not just for the money either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Lozz196 said: Def worth it, if I had any sense I’d sell off my estate of US Precisions and just play the Vintage Tony Butler V4s, feel virtually the same to play, and at a fifth of the price. Seriously good basses, not just for the money either. I got my brother a V4 when they first came out and was really impressed with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 25 minutes ago, EBS_freak said: https://www.jhspedals.com/products/bass-pedals/colourbox/ A really cool little pedal to have. Some good vids on YT showing versatility with keys, vocals, gtr etc too... Different JHS lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 13 minutes ago, police squad said: Different JHS lol Ah - you're talking about john hornby skewes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Congrats dude! That is awesome news! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2019 Author Share Posted January 17, 2019 46 minutes ago, EBS_freak said: Ah - you're talking about john hornby skewes! yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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