Alex Skolnick leaves Heritage for ESP

Denverdave said:
He might have gotten a deal for free guitars and if he is featured in print ads he might get a bit of financial compensation for that along with just having his face in ads - which can boost awareness of him and Testament to a broader audience.
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Heritage doesn't do print ads either. Most of the advertising is word of mouth. The Heritage Owners Club forum (that I'm a member of) does more marketing for Heritage than they do for themselves. Heritage understands this. As such, they have donated a guitar to our annual get together for the past six years that is raffled off.
It's a pretty sweet deal for Heritage. And us junkies are happy to extol the virtues of their guitars.
 
While I'm always interested in seeing what players I like are playing and when that changes, I've never really cared that they've changed. There are very few artist models that I actually prefer to some other regular (and therefore less expensive) models in their line. Most are only slight tweaks that don't justify the cost.

I'm guessing it's as simple as a few Skolnick approved specs (neck, frets, pups, etc.) It might be more vintage spec'd than a regular Eclipse. It's also an ESP, so it's a high end MIJ model probably every bit as good as anything Gibson or Heritage are making.
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
I'm guessing it's as simple as a few Skolnick approved specs (neck, frets, pups, etc.) It might be more vintage spec'd than a regular Eclipse. It's also an ESP, so it's a high end MIJ model probably every bit as good as anything Gibson or Heritage are making.
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I agree. ESP makes some very nice instruments. That's especially true for their higher end instruments.
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
Oh, and I'm sure ESP is either providing free guitars and possibly cash.
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Possibly a freebie and maybe a %age of sales from his model.

Also, he may be getting some backstage support from an ESP provided tech.

I like Alex, so I hope it's a good move for him.
 
Virtual Pariah said:
Possibly a freebie and maybe a %age of sales from his model.

Also, he may be getting some backstage support from an ESP provided tech.

I like Alex, so I hope it's a good move for him.
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Yeah, I'm an Alex fan as well. Folks like him, Dweezil, Jeff Beck, McLaughlin, etc. Musicians that don't stop learning and evolving and keep growing are always a special inspiration.
 
I'm just wondering what makes this Skolnick model different than any other ESP Eclipse, other than the fretboard inlay.
 
Peeker said:
didn't he have a deal with Ibanez?

like, 400 years ago...
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Ahaha, those were the days :cool:

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