Posted on 12/22/2004 5:19:03 PM PST by dasboot
Classical Ass
So-called “Guitar legend” Esteban was stripped of his legendary status this week when it was discovered that he is an entirely fictional character created specifically to sell pressboard guitars in infomercials.
Allan Holdsworth, guitar legend and president of “Real Guitar Legends For Truth” released a statement on Monday calling for the immediate cessation of all applications of the appellation “Guitar legend” to the television character known as “Esteban”. According to the statement, “Esteban is a fictional character created by L.A. session guitarist Dan Fernaueu for the express purpose of marketing a cheap, poorly constructed guitar-like instrument on the Home Shopping Channel.”
The scandal intensified when the Recording Academy revealed that claims that “Esteban” had won “several Grammys” were false.
These charges come on the heels of last month’s statement from the Musical Instrument Manufacturers Association that the “Esteban” guitar could not, in fact, be classified as an actual guitar due to the fact that it is constructed out of reclaimed materials such as discarded telephone directories and medical waste. The MIMA demanded that the instrument be classified as a toy.
Not far from da troof!
[do not, under any circumstances, be enticed into buying one of his 'guitars'. Genre: "X-Ray Glasses"]
I love it.
Don't take the brown acid.... repeat ... do not take the brown acid...
Heh...on a guitar list I sometimes frequent, there are occasional references to GSOs - guitar shaped objects.
Cracks me up...
I have seen these infomercials and thinking, who the heck is this guy. " the legendary esteban!"
URL is mispelled
http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/news/index.php
Reads like "The Onion" of the music industry. LOL.
I haven't actually seen it - do you know, is he creepier than the cheesy WAY too happy guy that has ear-training ads in various music mags?
I cannot STAND his looks.
No interest in his music or gitars.
Never watch when he's coming on.
An audio tape of the band was played as evidence....suit dismissed! (yes....he, and they, did, indeed, suckalot)
Even Judge Wapner was cringing.
LOL!
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