Hey guys.
Since my repair business is growing very fast many people expressed their opinion I should try and make guitars as well. First of all, if I ever get to a point of building a few guitars on my own, this will still be a side-project to my repairs.
Just recently I found a couple of luthiers/builder of solid body electrics in this part of Europe, and I was surprised to see almost all of them make rebadged replicas. I have seen Wolfgang/Axis clones, Strat clones, everything made up to specs with details and everything, only logos are different. For instance, what does King Bee or Big Tex have to do to keep their Teles looking just like Fenders with headstock and all, without getting into a copyright war?
If I opt to make let's say 10 Strats or 10 Teles which will be given/sold to my loyal customers or close friends with an idea of a "taylor" made guitars, and just stick my logo on it, is that enough?
I really like traditional shapes, like an LP, Tele, Strat, I would of course experiment with different materials but in the end it would look like a standard production guitar from the big guys.
I know no one would ever care that some guy in some post-communist microcountry has built a couple of replicas, but I just want to make sure.
Since my repair business is growing very fast many people expressed their opinion I should try and make guitars as well. First of all, if I ever get to a point of building a few guitars on my own, this will still be a side-project to my repairs.
Just recently I found a couple of luthiers/builder of solid body electrics in this part of Europe, and I was surprised to see almost all of them make rebadged replicas. I have seen Wolfgang/Axis clones, Strat clones, everything made up to specs with details and everything, only logos are different. For instance, what does King Bee or Big Tex have to do to keep their Teles looking just like Fenders with headstock and all, without getting into a copyright war?
If I opt to make let's say 10 Strats or 10 Teles which will be given/sold to my loyal customers or close friends with an idea of a "taylor" made guitars, and just stick my logo on it, is that enough?
I really like traditional shapes, like an LP, Tele, Strat, I would of course experiment with different materials but in the end it would look like a standard production guitar from the big guys.
I know no one would ever care that some guy in some post-communist microcountry has built a couple of replicas, but I just want to make sure.
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