Jennifer Batten? Today we see what Dean Markley Blue Steel guitar strings spent their endorsement dollars on in 1993. Ms. Batten, possibly fresh off the road as sideperson to Michael Jackson stares off into the future in this Guitar Player magazine ad from the early days of the Clinton administration.


(Click the photo to view full-sized version.)

Rob Warmowski: What I don't understand is the art direction here. Whose stupid idea was it to have Jennifer empty out her purse on the photo? And how does this sell guitar strings? I'm sure she's a fine person and was always hired for her musicianship and not her novel hairdo but she's got the thousand-yard stare in this and she hadn't even toured with Jeff Beck yet. Man.

Dan Agosto: Love the paint splatters!!! This is the type of composition that draws you in while at the same time suggesting that you're an idiot for being drawn in. If I ever meet this Jennifer Batten I must remember to tell her that she is truly the beauty behind Blue Steel.