What happened to the LP kits. Are they coming back?
What happened to the LP kits. Are they coming back?
Removed due to threat of legal action from everyone's favorite litigious guitar brand.
You are welcome to grab one of the many LP kits available on EBay etc and put a diary up in the non-pitbull section. You'll still get help from the forum that way.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
The only company more litigious than Gibson would be Rickenbacker.
Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
Ok. I see they haven’t stopped other kit company’s yet
I have heart they are being $&@# holes lately
Yeah I'm sure a lot of those ones on Ebay have been served cease and desist, but a lot of them produced in a certain country that doesn't care much about intellectual property and trademarks. It's almost impossible to prosecute them.
Pitbull however operate in a country that has pretty strong intellectual property laws and while they could certainly put forward a strong legal argument, its the cost to what is effectively a pretty small operation doesn't make it worth while.
It's pretty telling that in over 50 years of throwing their weight around G has only had 1 successful lawsuit, which was settled out of court and applied only to the open book design of the headstock. But they have the money and the lawyers to at the very least be a giant pain in the butt of the little guys. It's a disappointing attitude, if they were producing consistent guitars at a decent price point they would have little to fear from smaller/kit manufacturers. And if they were really smart, they'd licence a couple of kit producers to allow people to do hobby builds, at least they'd get a slice of the pie that way.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
I know I am grossly simplifying here, but notice that the big F company doesn't tend towards suing every other builder that makes T or S-style guitars, but it was the big G that teetered on the edge of bankruptcy a couple of years back.
Mantra: No more pedals, must finish BlueyCaster...
Disclaimer: I haven't done woodwork since high school, and wasn't really paying attention at the time ...
I think somebody mentioned that Fender didn't take out a patent.
cheers, Mark.
I think it's also been ruled that you can't patent a guitar shape as it's part of the functional ergonomics of the instrument. And no-one owns the instrument itself. Can't remember where I read that, but may have been when researching the 'Lawsuit' era.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Interesting read, thanks SonicOriginally Posted by Sonic Mountain
#001 (LP-1S) [finished - co-runner up Nov 2018 GOTM]
#002 (WL-1)
#003 (MPL Megacaster - semi scratch build) [finished]
#004 (ST-1 JR - Arachnoid Superhero build) [finished]
#005 (LP jr)
#006 (TL-1A)
Junk shop acoustic refurbs (various)
'The TGS Special'
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