Members mbengs1 Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 If i could i might just make my own guitars. imagine, any gibson, fender, music man u name it. anything u want. i woudnt sell them though. or is that illegal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 I doubt you'll find a great luthier that's willing to create a counterfeit with another makers logo on it. Going to court is never fun unless you're getting paid to be there. If you made a "replica" 57 Les Paul and sold it you'd be breaking the law in most places I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 As long as you can live without the logo then the options are vast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 why on earth you'd want a guitar with a gibson/fender/etc logo, that isn't made by them, is beyond me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 why on earth you'd want a guitar with a gibson/fender/etc logo, that isn't made by them, is beyond me coz where i'm from there's a company that can do it. but i won't do that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 In China as long as the forger registers the original trademark as his, he can use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 A good luthier is an artist, and would want to put their own imprint on what they pour their time and talent into. To make a "perfect copy" is like someone who can do note perfect Hotel California.... yeah, but why and so what? What is your voice, what do you bring to the mix? Perfect copies are for Xerox.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted May 31, 2015 Members Share Posted May 31, 2015 why on earth you'd want a guitar with a gibson/fender/etc logo, that isn't made by them, is beyond me Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 Mbengs, you're like a mythical beast, and your threads are like rising tides threatening to grow into a storm. There's something special about a custom made guitar. It would be a shame to spoil something potentially better than a mass market guitar with a Gibson or Fender logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 In most cases a luthier built instrument, whether a copy of something or not, will cost you significantly more that a factory built guitar. Remember that most of the time we are doing it by hand or with minimum tooling where a factory is highly automated, buys large quantities of materials at prices much lower than I can, and in cases where they a located outside the US often pay lower wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 Forgery sux period. I don't even like people imitating my lix. That said, MFing specs are easy to get or determine and well within the reach of forgers. What you wont get - even with high quality material is the informed selection and matching and certainly not the subtleties of craftsmanship that go into a fine instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted June 1, 2015 Members Share Posted June 1, 2015 coz where i'm from there's a company that can do it. but i won't do that though. There's always someone willing to do something unscrupulous. They're just the bottom feeders - the scum comes from the ones that buy them and fuel the demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 1, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 1, 2015 Buckie, his thread count and content has not gone unnoticed by me, however as yet he hasn't really broken any rules apart from being as relevant as last years weather reports, not a lot to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 1, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm going to lock this thread, it isn't really what this forum is for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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