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Richie Sambora is currently endorsed by ESP/LTD Guitars. They have a signature Richie Sambora LTD model that was designed by Richie and his guitar tech. However he doesn't play the factory models, he uses the models that his tech built for him.

He has previously been endorsed by Martin, making him the Richie Sambora acoustic, both a 122 and a 6 string model. he also had an endorsement from Taylor guitars, the Taylor RSSM, a beautiful all Koa acoustic. Richie is often found using the custom double neck that Taylor made for him on Wanted; dead or alive.

He was endorsed by Gibson for a brief period of time, during the bounce tour, but that soon ended without a signature model. He was sing a lot of Les Pauls, and a 58 flying V, made in the custom shop by Gibson.

The story goes Richie wanted them to make a Richie Sambora L5, and said it couldn't be done. Gibson were making an L5 model for a jazz player, name unknown and he soon discovered that they wanted to make his model a more rock guitar, as to sell to that nieche.

Before that it was for a long while that fender were making the RIchie saambora strat, which ahd a couple of incanations, with Floyd rose locking trems, mid-boosts, large star inlays on the fret-board. the secondary model of it was less glitz, but a spanking axe, none the less.

He uses various vintage fender's and Gibson's. He has often remarked that his favourite guitar he owns is a vintage Gibson Les Paul 1959 Standard. He has 2 of them. They are his favoutires for the guitar's tone and that they are from his birth year. (They are also worth around half a million dollars).

His first endorsement was with Kramer guitars. They made the Richie Smabora model which was a Super-strat style guitar, with a Floyd ROse, 3 humbuckers, with phasing switches and coil splits.

As you can see, Richie can play pretty much anything, because he is Richie Sambora. He has often said that his session guitars are vintage, but he has been known to take in his custom one off guitars.

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