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Re: [SurfGuitar101] Fender endoresements - was: Surf Bass

Richard (errant_jedi) - 30 Jun 2005 07:57:35

I remember reading an interview at the beginning of a
Ventures tab book with one of the guys who said that
they did have an endorsement deal with Fender up to
the point that they started using the Mosrites. A
guitar teacher I once had actually accused Fender of
bombarding the young music market with images of it's
products via paid endorsements with bands (sort of
like the Microsoft of musical instruments) and implied
that most bands didn't use Fender at the beginning and
that most bands would not have if not for this. He
also called the Jaguar a "gimmicky student guitar" and
said that none of the "real" guys used Jaguars because
they were junk compared to the Strat. So...
Richard
--- Marty Tippens <> wrote:
> While it's well known that the Ventures had an
> endorsement deal with Mosrite (actually partnership
> with Mosley is more like it), I haven't seen it
> clearly stated that they had any endorsement deal
> with Fender. They must have with the way Fenders
> were so prominently displayed on so many of their
> early album covers.
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