No Yammy for Gambale

I kinda get pissed after reading this from Frank Gambale's (pictured with bassist Victor Wooten, above) homepage:

"Yamaha has recently told me that they will not be making ANY artist models for the forseeable future. That means my guitar will never see the light of day. That's a pity since we already spent over a year designing and building prototypes. Not sure what's next. This economic depression we're in is becoming very boring indeed."

I've been keeping watch because FG's newer model (based on the protos, one seen in the pic above) is based on the fantastic SG make. When he was in S'pore for a clinic some time back, he expressed enthusiasm working with the people at Yamaha but the recent development implied the absence of a contractual product development. Either that or Yamaha simply can't keep up with the instrument arm of their production; they make better motorbikes & speed boats which keep the coffers afloat. Bummer.