dingus

Hi all. I've been lurking for quite awhile, never posted before. And I'm afraid this first one's a rant. Here's goes:

Fender guitars is a well known corporate bully. Any small guitar company that produces anything with strings and a pickup is likely to be threatened by them with legal action. I can't tell you how many stories of intimidation I've heard over the years. Now, apparently, they're trying to patent/tradmark the cutaway, for god's sake. You cannot build a modern electric guitar without one. [a cutaway is the part of a guitar body that is cut away to allow access to the highest frets on the guitar]

These bastards regularly threaten and intimidate individual guitar builders who are barely scratching out a living, and who certainly don't have the resources to fight a big corporation. Fender is going after builders producing their own original designs! You don't even have to copy them to subject yourself to the possibility of financial ruin.

I resolve to never buy another Fender product and to discourage others from doing the same. I hope you will join me in this effort. Spread it around.

edit: linky bad