Posts Tagged ‘Stratocaster’
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Fender has lost an appeal with the United States Patent and Trademark Office after it attempted to trademark the body shapes of the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and Precision Bass guitars. Fender had targeted companies like U.S. Music Corp (Washburn, Parker), Warmoth (makes guitar bodies), Schecter, ESP, Peavey and a bunch of others to try and stop the usage of the guitar shapes. The court focused on the question of whether or not consumers view these guitar shapes indication of the source of the manufacturer of the guitar.
Apparently the litigation has been going on for the past 5 years and has generated over 20,000 pages of court documents. Full story…
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Tags: ESP, Fender, Gibson, parker, Peavey, Precision Bass, PRS, Schecter, Stratocaster, Telecaster, Washburn
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Facelift
A new product called Facelift has won “Best in Show” at the recent 2009 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. Facelift is a removable and re-usable guitar body decal overlay that can give your axe a whole new look without the cost of a custom paint job or the eventual regret of having ruined your favorite guitar’s original paint job. You don’t even have to remove the strings to add the Facelift - pretty sweet and simple. Full story…
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Tags: decal, facelift, NAMM, Stratocaster, Telecaster
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
It looks like Fender is taking a cue from the world blue jeans and making the worn-out look a new fashion with guitars. Soon you’ll no longer have to wait 20 years and beat the hell out of your guitar to get that worn in look. Fender is introducing a new line of guitars called the “Road Worn Series“.
The Fender Road Worn Series guitars will have a distressed look that’s often featured on some of Fender’s higher-end Custom Shop replicas. The Road Worn Series will consist of the ’50s Telecaster, ’50s Stratocaster and ’60s Stratocaster and a ’50s Precision and ’60s Jazz bass.
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Tags: Bass, Fender, Road Worn, Stratocaster, Telecaster
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