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Article: Washburn Guitars: Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant signs as guitar endorser. (Industry Forefront)
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- Music Trades
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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Guitarist Robert Plant, formerly with Led Zeppelin, has become an endorser of Washburn guitars. It all began when plant was on a promotional trip in New York City in support of his new Atlantic Records release, "Fate of Nations." He stopped at Manny's Music on 48th Street in Manhattan in search of a new acoustic guitar. He was looking for something that was not only visually striking for use in an upcoming magazine photo shoot but was also a guitar that would suit his needs for live performances.
After trying virtually every acoustic in the store, he chose a blond "birdseye" Washburn EA36.
Del Breckenfeld, Washburn's director of artist relations and ...