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Originally posted by 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]
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This is why God gave us Gibson guitars.
But seriously, if some guitar makers used their creativity rather than just providing Strat or Les Paul knock offs, this probably wouldn't be an issue.
But then again, if anyone seriously wants a quality instrument that will last more than a lifetime, they will go with the real deal. If Fender feels it's not making the profit they want, or feel that the copy cats are cutting to deeply into their profit, they should reevaluate their own protocal to make an even better guitar.
In an indirect context, many people feel they deserve to download free music and that since it is made available to them, that right is ensconched. Same with guitars. You can buy a Strat for 3 grand or get a knock off that is similar in quality for 1/2 or 1/3 the price. That's capitalism.
I certainly didn't notice Fender guitars complaining about the Japanese Squier series guitars (junk) that they endorsed and flooded the market with in the 80's for all those people who couldn't afford Fender Strats.