Discontinued Product Lines

[fender3x]

The nameless company that owns a brand that has produced as many copies of Strats (S-310), Teles (T-310) and p-basses (Accu Bass), Not to mention a lot of other more subtle copies of the competition's guitars, has a lot of nerve threatening anyone. Seems a bit like Apple making androids and then suing Samsung for making something similar to an iphone.

Maybe the parts could be described using language that is also used by a big competitor that continues to produce guitars with similar features like Gretch. The Streamliner Jet is bolt-on. The Electromatic Jet is uses a set-neck. I think there is a "double Jet" version of both. If the site uses only language that is common to both mfgs, maybe Voldemort's bots will leave you alone.

I like some of nameless one's guitars, but there are lots of cool guitars that have similar features not made by them. Heck, one of their features that I like the best--the batwing headstock--is a rip-off of the one designed by...



...oh yeah. Paul Bigsby. The same guy that sued Fender over the name Broadcaster. Wonder whatever happened to that company and whether there is an object lesson in there somewhere.

[dave.king1]

The nameless company that owns a brand that has produced as many copies of Strats (S-310), Teles (T-310) and p-basses (Accu Bass), Not to mention a lot of other more subtle copies of the competition's guitars, has a lot of nerve threatening anyone. Seems a bit like Apple making androids and then suing Samsung for making something similar to an iphone.

Maybe the parts could be described using language that is also used by a big competitor that continues to produce guitars with similar features like Gretch. The Streamliner Jet is bolt-on. The Electromatic Jet is uses a set-neck. I think there is a "double Jet" version of both. If the site uses only language that is common to both mfgs, maybe Voldemort's bots will leave you alone.

I like some of nameless one's guitars, but there are lots of cool guitars that have similar features not made by them. Heck, one of their features that I like the best--the batwing headstock--is a rip-off of the one designed by...



...oh yeah. Paul Bigsby. The same guy that sued Fender over the name Broadcaster. Wonder whatever happened to that company and whether there is an object lesson in there somewhere.

It was Gretsch that sued over the name similarity to their Broadkaster drum kits.

But yeah there's a bit of design intrusion in one way or another across quite a few brands

[fender3x]

It was Gretsch that sued over the name similarity to their Broadkaster drum kits.

I stand corrected. This is what happens when rant but you don't check your sources ;-)