Scott Henderson Discussion

[fede011]

Hi Scott, two questions please:
Are you still suhr endorsee?
Do you know what happened, because is everybody leaving the company? Guthrie, Landau, Tom Quayle, Jose de Castro....

Thanks!!!

[Scott Henderson]

I'm still With Suhr. Different artists have different agendas when it comes to endorsements. I've never asked John for anything except quality instruments. Its just my opinion, but I seriously doubt if artists leaving Suhr has anything to do with the quality of the gear.

When I was with Ibanez, they gave me money for my name, they did expensive magazine ads for me, set up workshops, and in general promoted my career. Suhr is a small company and they're not about that, although at one point Suhr had an employee who's a huge Guthrie fan, and wanted to take his endorsement further than John was comfortable with. I'm happy to have great gear, and I don't care about anything else, but it's possible that other artists expect more than that.

[Scott Henderson]

I've talked to John since my last post and he'd like me to add that not all the guys you mentioned are actual Suhr endorsers like I am. Mike still uses the Badger and Suhr pickups, and has never been exclusive to any company. Just because you hear someone is at Suhr, it doesn't mean they're a full endorser and getting free gear either. Also, I record with my Les Paul sometimes, and I don't use Suhr pedals - an endorsement doesn't mean you have to use everything the company makes.