I was just reading up on the new SD Parchment bobbins, and was wondering, what exactly is the deal with double cream pickups from other manufacturers? I know Dimarzio has a copyright? patent? on double cream bobbins, but that's kinda dumb. It's like Ferrari not allowing any other car companies to sell red cars.
Would another company be able to get away with selling what essentially amounts to double cream if they didn't call it cream?
As it is, DiMarzio's "cream" is darker than SD's, so technically it's not even the same colour. Do they just have a patent on the concept of a double cream pickup? and if so, how do they define "cream"?
And how does Carvin get away with selling double cream pickups openly?
I do know that you can get double cream pickups from SD if you order it from the custom shop with a cover, but that's a little bit retarded, and I fully realize that SD are forced to do that because of DiMarzio's patent nonsense, but there's gotta be a better way to do it.
Would another company be able to get away with selling what essentially amounts to double cream if they didn't call it cream?
As it is, DiMarzio's "cream" is darker than SD's, so technically it's not even the same colour. Do they just have a patent on the concept of a double cream pickup? and if so, how do they define "cream"?
And how does Carvin get away with selling double cream pickups openly?
I do know that you can get double cream pickups from SD if you order it from the custom shop with a cover, but that's a little bit retarded, and I fully realize that SD are forced to do that because of DiMarzio's patent nonsense, but there's gotta be a better way to do it.
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