Hi mr marty. Firstly How are you? You are my guitar hero next to eddie Van halen. 1) Are you still being endorsed by Jackson? 2) Is there any guitar being designed(by you) and currently on the way to production by the folks at ibanez, as a signature guitar for you?or is the SZ(the one you using)will be the only guitar you will be using by Ibanez??(if IBANEZ dosent make a signature series for you...shame on them and they should jolly well close down. Paul gilbert gets one and so does joe satriani) sincerely from a Fan Rul Ps i tried to mimick your solo to tornado of souls. It took me 7 days. And i only get 65% of it right. Darn. Thanks Mr Marty.