Another Ibanez departure

Oli Herbert- respectable guitarist, you might know his band- All That Remains. I'm a fan of his playing (not quite the band's music, though...), once you watch him play, you know he's a very knowledgeable shredder. He used to be an Ibanez chap...

He's now with Jackson. It's rather ironic that a player who used to embrace an Ibanez which is a Jackson Warrior knock-off, is now wielding the Warrior (please don't start that 'but the Warrior is a BC Rich Stealth knock-off', let's reserve that for another episode...). But hey, if this makes Mr. Herbert happy...

I'm an Ibanez fan through & through. We Ibanez dweebs, pick the guitar up by choice, we know it's good for us, there's no coercion, it's free embrace. However, Ibanez has this knack for depriving some of the most talented guitar players in this planet, of a signature model- you can talk to Gambale/ Petrucci/ Broderick, among others, on the matter, they definitely have lots to say. I'm not rubbing salt in the wound but it goes to show the principles embraced by a guitar manufacturer pertaining to talent management. At the end of the equation, it's about... you know what it's about :-)