Gibson v Dean trial to start

[NegativeEase]

You guys buying Deans all this recent time were helping little Jr avoid fulfilling his original dreams of becoming a DJ or Influencer, but he had to keep up that appearance of daddy'd burgeoning young entrepreneur in order to keep daddy's money coming in.

At least now he can go forth and fulfill his dreams.

He's free!

[NegativeEase]

That's gettin it done. Mom's in charge.

Aint that sooooooo cute? Daddy set up a trust with conditions to encourage his little boy to one day become.a real life full grown entrepreneur.

[beaubrummels]

That's gettin it done. Mom's in charge.

[ICTGoober]

Pull a Gibson, and reorganize under bankruptcy.

[Mincer]

If this was at Gibson, it wouldn't even make the news. $420,000 is what 3 maybe 4 custom shop Les Pauls?

Honestly, Dean can't afford to lose that much.

[Securb]

If this was at Gibson, it wouldn't even make the news. $420,000 is what 3 maybe 4 custom shop Les Pauls?

[ICTGoober]

I'm sure the pressure has been ratcheting up for awhile.

[Mincer]

It isn't a good month at Dean guitars, I am guessing.

[JamesPaul]

WTH????? There are other companies making V's. Gibson must have something against Dean.

[ICTGoober]

And the saga continues....

Judge orders Dean to cease production of Gran Sport, Dean V and Dean Z guitars following Gibson trademark verdict | Guitar.com | All Things Guitar

[Mincer]

Now Gibson can funnel all of the super-stratish designs to Kramer, which they now own.

[nexion218]

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[piblock]

My dad was an Epiphone dealer in the 90s and I still have what started life as a T310. There may have been a manic episode and chop saw involved.

From what I remember, this thing new was well below the quality of Glarry type $100i-$150ish guitars you can buy now.

[treyhaislip]

Yes, they were very cheap, badly set up guitars at the time.

I got the 3 of mine all second (or third,fourth, etc.) hand...thought the necks were pretty comfortable and for $100, pretty hard to beat.

They had very little redeeming value. Plywood bodies, as I recall - horrid electronics, neck was no fun at all, hardware was crap.

Definitely not comparable to like a MIM Fender but for $100 range but at the time I was playing Gibson Les Pauls so having a super cheap Strat and Tele setup the way I like for less than $300 combined was a nice way to through the S&T sounds into my mix.

I do find it hypocritical of Gibson to sue other companies for things they do themselves...but that is business. Kinda like I'm sure most of the people on this forum would want DiMarzio to not enforce the double cream trademark but business is business.

[ICTGoober]

They had very little redeeming value. Plywood bodies, as I recall - horrid electronics, neck was no fun at all, hardware was crap.