how much $ does an E.B. endorsee get?

[lespaulreed]

KBaim joked on another thread about how a 'Luke' by OLP gets 'approved' by the artist himself and that the process involves 5 zeros etc etc...

So how much does an artist get to have his name on a guitar in the first place and how much per guitar? Curious as to how much Petrucci, Lukather, Morse and the rest are pullin' in......
anybody have a ballpark figure? (just so I can know how much to ask for... )

 

[Jimi D]

No one knows - I would hazard that it depends on the artist; some probably get free guitars, sig. model artists most likely get a piece of the action in all cases, but you can bet EVH and Steve Vai command a higher per-guitar slice than Eric Johnson or Johnny A... Anyway, it's private business between the Artist and the company endorsing them, and I don't think you'll see anyone throwing any dollar figures your way here...

 

[SteveB]

Who wants the money? I'd be perfectly happy with free guitars, especially ones that were made to my liking!

 

[jongitarz]

No one knows - I would hazard that it depends on the artist; some probably get free guitars, sig. model artists most likely get a piece of the action in all cases, but you can bet EVH and Steve Vai command a higher per-guitar slice than Eric Johnson or Johnny A... Anyway, it's private business between the Artist and the company endorsing them, and I don't think you'll see anyone throwing any dollar figures your way here...

Well said Jimi

 

[ernie1966]

I'll throw a figure at ya. I think it's around a billion trillion, or something in that ball park. Then again, I could be off by a few dollars. I'm gonna start calling up all the EBMM artists to find out for sure. I'll betcha I'm close, though.

 

[jongitarz]

I could be wrong, but I bleeb it's closer to a kazillion dollars

 

[kbaim]

And I was just writing comedy.

 

[NorM]

I don't get any $. But then again I am an endorser and not an endorsee.

 

[kbaim]

....Although now that I think of it, I kinda remember Diddilly squat and bupkis being tossed around.

 

[Warg Master]

What? I thought the bagillions was the range of $$$$$$....

 

[tommyindelaware]

they are paid in sleeveless t-shirts

 

[Warg Master]

Yeeehaw... on step away from the wifebeater.... wEEEEE!!!!

 

[Ali]

I don't get any $. But then again I am an endorser and not an endorsee.

Does that mean you have to pay EBMM then?

but you can bet EVH and Steve Vai command a higher per-guitar slice than Eric Johnson or Johnny A...

It would certainly explain why the Jem and Universe cost twice as much as they feel...

 

[Mr. Mike]

Well if you're really special, you get no money but your guitars are fabricated from unobtanium.

 

[jongitarz]

Well if you're really special, you get no money but your guitars are fabricated from unobtanium.

That stuff is hard to get!

 

[mesavox]

Does that mean you have to pay EBMM then?

Yeah, about 1550 dollars for my 7 string JPM with piezo and matching headstock. lol

 

[SteveB]

That stuff is hard to get!

So then, if you have a guitar made from unobtainium, which Jon mentions is hard to get, would you, upon playing said guitar, be 'playing hard to get'?

 

[jongitarz]

nyuck nyuck nyuck

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I heard that Clapton gets $100 per Evil F-word guitar that bears his name.