If you make a guitar as a complete clone merely as an exercise in seeing if you can do it - the physical accomplishment of making something so accurate that even an expert would be in doubt, then I have no issue with it. Copyright and trademark laws only actually apply to something that has been bought or sold so technically making a clone 59 Gibson that is never sold and is in the possession of the builder for its life breaks no laws.
Of course as soon as you go about making for sale, then thats where the distinction lies for me.
But this is still a level above the Chibson. If you were to buy a luthier made clone you'll be getting something way 'better' just as a musical instrument, or more accurate, or with much higher QC and fit/finish than what even Tom Murphy will do.
Of course as soon as you go about making for sale, then thats where the distinction lies for me.
But this is still a level above the Chibson. If you were to buy a luthier made clone you'll be getting something way 'better' just as a musical instrument, or more accurate, or with much higher QC and fit/finish than what even Tom Murphy will do.
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