I read somewhere that Richie is no longer with Fender and that he is with Gibson now. Does anybody know anything about this? It doesn't seem like it would be likely, since about the only Gibson's he plays are the vintage flying v and that horrible sounding casio-like (could have been an ES-335) guitar he had at the Times Square show. Every once in a while he plays a Les-Paul. In an interview i read it said he used mostly Telecasters and the Flying V on Bounce, but he rarely plays telecasters live. he normally plays Strats (and he sounds the best when playing them) Also, does anybody know anything recent about the Signature Richie guitar from Fender Japan?