Keeping it real I dont think the folks at Gibson were to pleased at all those killer guitars EBMM were making him and he was playing out live every night as it seemed to slow down, and it now seems the big G have tried to try and equal their functions. He has the 3 pup AL- they make him a 3 pup Firebird, JP Baritone- Gibson Baritone which I never even knew they made, The three Double Necks - I see him with a Don Felder model now, and a few others that I am forgetting. The one guitar that he still uses is the Dark Lord though they made him a Lester with an Explorer reverse headstock lol. Even though Sterling has stated Gibson has been cool about all this it now seems like they may of been getting nervous over there, as his EB models are much talked about on his forum. I hope he continues to play EB guitars as his style of playing is so up my alley= Just my thought on it all.