Which player has the most signature equipment in different brands ?

Music&Ping · Feb 16, 2021

Hi, it might be a silly question, but as I was looking at the impressive U2's Adam Clayton's signature basses inventory, (yep, nearly all of them bring him royalties when one's sold anywhere on the planet... talk about a businessman !) I thought it would be interesting to know which player in history of TT has got the most signature equipment in different brand names.

For example: Adam Clayton's got a Jazz Bass + a Precision bass @ Fender, it's like ZJK's ALC + ZLC signature blades @ Butterfly

But he's also got one @ Lakland, 2 @ Warwick (The Buzzard bass John entwistle used with The Who is now the Adam Clayton Reverso), 1 @ Auerswald, all at the same time, ad none of those companies has nothing to say about it ... also because U2 is a member of Fender's board. So who's the "businessman" player in TT ?

Ian · Feb 16, 2021

These are the players I can think of who have had signature equipment with two brands:

Hugo Calderano (Xiom & Cornilleau)
Quadri Aruna (Joola & Gewo)
Simon Gauzy (Andro & Cornielleau)
JM Saive (Stiga & Andro)
JP Gatien (Cornilleau & Yasaka)
Ma Long (DHS & Nittaku)
Koji Matsushita (Butterfly & Victas)

I'd be interested to know if anyone has worked with more than 2 brands. Also, has there ever been signature equipment that wasn't a blade?

merlin el mago · Feb 16, 2021

Forgot Dimitri Otcharov (Donic & Butterfly).

Ian · Feb 16, 2021

Yep, forgot he has a new Butterfly blade!

LordPippington · Feb 16, 2021

Ian said:
These are the players I can think of who have had signature equipment with two brands:

Hugo Calderano (Xiom & Cornilleau)

Quadri Aruna (Joola & Gewo)

Simon Gauzy (Andro & Cornielleau)

JM Saive (Stiga & Andro)

JP Gatien (Cornilleau & Yasaka)

Ma Long (DHS & Nittaku)

Koji Matsushita (Butterfly & Victas)

I'd be interested to know if anyone has worked with more than 2 brands. Also, has there ever been signature equipment that wasn't a blade?

Joola cwx (chen weixing long pips)
joola cwx drum inverted rubber

Airoc · Feb 16, 2021

I'd be interested to know if anyone has worked with more than 2 brands. Also, has there ever been signature equipment that wasn't a blade?

Aleksandar Karakasevic has had signature blades Killerspin Diamond TX Karakasevic, Tibhar Karas and now GEWO Karas Scepter., none of which he used for too long

Over the years, he´s been under contract with nearly any brand you can imagine, with the exception of Joola.

Former European vice champion Torben Wosik has had signature blades with Joola and Donic, The Joola ones are hard to find, and most of the Joola Wosik blades you will find are actually named after his brother. The Donic was called Wosik Senso Carbon.

thomas.pong · Feb 16, 2021

Ian said:
These are the players I can think of who have had signature equipment with two brands:

Hugo Calderano (Xiom & Cornilleau)

Quadri Aruna (Joola & Gewo)

Simon Gauzy (Andro & Cornielleau)

JM Saive (Stiga & Andro)

JP Gatien (Cornilleau & Yasaka)

Ma Long (DHS & Nittaku)

Koji Matsushita (Butterfly & Victas)

I'd be interested to know if anyone has worked with more than 2 brands. Also, has there ever been signature equipment that wasn't a blade?

Gatien also had at least one Stiga blade and a Butterfly blade so that's 4 brands.

Marcos Freitas had a Tibhar blade before and now a Butterfly blade.

Ian · Feb 16, 2021

I have a vague memory of JM Saive endorsing ready-made bats for Schildkrot, so that would be 3 brands for him

yogi_bear · Feb 17, 2021

I think waldner has a lot of signature products even though he is already retired.

Konrad Bak · Feb 17, 2021

Apolonia

LilMunchkin · Feb 17, 2021

waldner - banda, donic, nittakuwang hao - loki, dhsma long, wang liqin - nittaku, dhsdonic waldner rubbers

UpSideDownCarl · Feb 17, 2021

Doesn't Timo Boll have 240 different blades with his name on it even though they are all from Butterfly?

1) TB
2) TB All
3) TB All+
4) TB Off-
5) TB J
6) TB TJ
7) TB Forte
8) TB CAF
9) TB W5
10) TB W7
11) TB Spark
12) TB Spirit
13) TB XXS
14) TB ALC
15) TB ZLF
16) TB ZLC
17) TB T5000

It is all one brand. And since the example Music&Ping used was Adam Clayton having a Fender Jazz Bass and a Fender Precision Bass (from the same company) named after him, does anyone top Timo? Waldner might. But I am not sure if I even got all of Timo's blades.

Seventeen is not bad for starters.

Der_Echte · Feb 17, 2021

TB12 was inspired by Boll. I think.

UpSideDownCarl · Feb 17, 2021

Der_Echte said:
TB12 was inspired by Boll. I think.

Or someone with TB as his initials.....who is older than most active professional athletes.

yogi_bear · Feb 17, 2021

UpSideDownCarl said:
Doesn't Timo Boll have 240 different blades with his name on it even though they are all from Butterfly?

1) TB
2) TB All
3) TB All+
4) TB Off-
5) TB J
6) TB TJ
7) TB Forte
8) TB CAF
9) TB W5
10) TB W7
11) TB Spark
12) TB Spirit
13) TB XXS
14) TB ALC
15) TB ZLF
16) TB ZLC
17) TB T5000

It is all one brand. And since the example Music&Ping used was Adam Clayton having a Fender Jazz Bass and a Fender Precision Bass (from the same company) named after him, does anyone top Timo? Waldner might. But I am not sure if I even got all of Timo's blades. Seventeen is not bad for starters.

He also has hobby bats named after him and also a chinese brand named boll.

Airoc · Feb 17, 2021

yogi_bear said:
He also has hobby bats named after him and also a chinese brand named boll.

And the new Forte has companions called Fortissimo and Mezzoforte.

thomas.pong · Feb 17, 2021

UpSideDownCarl said:
Doesn't Timo Boll have 240 different blades with his name on it even though they are all from Butterfly?

1) TB
2) TB All
3) TB All+
4) TB Off-
5) TB J
6) TB TJ
7) TB Forte
8) TB CAF
9) TB W5
10) TB W7
11) TB Spark
12) TB Spirit
13) TB XXS
14) TB ALC
15) TB ZLF
16) TB ZLC
17) TB T5000

It is all one brand. And since the example Music&Ping used was Adam Clayton having a Fender Jazz Bass and a Fender Precision Bass (from the same company) named after him, does anyone top Timo? Waldner might. But I am not sure if I even got all of Timo's blades. Seventeen is not bad for starters.

That's a lot already and plenty TB blades are missing from this list.

Music&Ping · Feb 17, 2021

UpSideDownCarl said:
It is all one brand. And since the example Music&Ping used was Adam Clayton having a Fender Jazz Bass and a Fender Precision Bass (from the same company) named after him, does anyone top Timo? Waldner might. But I am not sure if I even got all of Timo's blades. Seventeen is not bad for starters.

Yeah, different brand matters, cos' in that case Waldner, Persson and Appelgreen are not that bad either with Donic. The Karakasevic case is the perfect example to me, as he's also the serbian TTA president, talk about business ! He's probably the "Adam Clayton of TT" 😎

I've never seen any BTY Gatien blade by the way, if anyone can show a pic here...

Airoc · Feb 18, 2021

Music&Ping;339662 said:
He's probably the "Adam Clayton of TT" 😎

To keep to your example, yes.

In case of talent, uniqueness and expression I´d rate him Jaco Pastorius or Mick Karn.

Music&Ping · Feb 18, 2021

For sure, yes.
James Jamerson/Carol Kaye = Victor Barna
Jaco Pastorius = JO Waldner (sadly the bassist passed away 3 years before the TT player won hos 1st world title)
Ma Long/FZD = Hadrien Feraud/Richard Bona

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