It takes a special kind of stupid...

[BTL]

[...] Nobody knows what will happen in court, but if Dean doesn't cave, I'm confident they'll win on appeal. I also think there's a good chance that a consortium of companies can get Gibson's body shape marks cancelled.

It will be a very interesting story to follow, even more so for me because I will have a Thunderluxe bass on display at Summer NAMM.

Maybe that's a special kind of stupid, too.

[Dave W]

They just lost in Europe.

https://guitar.com/news/gibson-loses-flying-v-trademark-case-in-eu-court/?fbclid=IwAR0qcG042dV9FaM1TFUW7QzXJqN5ZquturMtGFq9EQf6vLtdcGVP5AgYqqk

Excellent news, IMHO.And by Hans-Peter Wilfer, who was harassed for years by hypocrite Stuart Spector. Good for him!

Hard to say if this will affect the Gibson's lawsuit against Dean, but it may help Dean and their partners in getting it cancelled in the US.

[Dave W]

Listen genuine.

That's brilliant and hilarious.

I love the changing camera angles. Also the trademark on beards. 

[westen44]

That's brilliant and hilarious.

I love the changing camera angles. Also the trademark on beards. 

Yes, I'd say they hit a satirical home run on that one. 

[Chris P.]

Hans-Peter Wilfer is a friend of mine. I know he's busy with those law suits for years, as I wrote earlier. His V was only for sale in some countries, but now he won.

I asked him about that rumour I wrote here before: that JC came up to the Warwick/Framus booth saying something like: 'don't worry about those body shapes and copyright...'

I asked HP and he answered shortly to me: 'He lied to me'

[westen44]

From confrontation to collaboration.

[BTL]

I wonder if "collaboration" means licensing agreements and fees on the Trademarked body shapes.

[Dave W]

Here's the story he was quoting. It's a press release, nothing more.

I'll believe that Gibson has learned their lesson if they drop the suit against Dean.

[westen44]

In "discussing" Gibson vs. Dean, you need  to be wearing a tin foil hat when he gets to conspiracy theory #5 starting at 5:20.   

[gearHed289]

In "discussing" Gibson vs. Dean, you need  to be wearing a tin foil hat when he gets to conspiracy theory #5 starting at 5:20.   

Mesotopian? 

[westen44]

Mesotopian? 

A hybrid of Mesopotamian and Utopian.   

[Dave W]

Or dystopian. 

That video must be some sort of performance art.

If Gibson really thought there's no such thing as bad press, they don't think so any more.

Agnesi is back with a new video, as if nothing has happened. He still doesn't come across well.

I'm not impressed with the guitar. I love walnut, but not as a fingerboard wood, and locally sourced probably means it's one of the softer western walnuts.

[westen44]

Dystopian would be more accurate in most cases since utopias don't exist.  But the conspiracy thing is meaningless anyway.  As a sci-fi fan, I found it entertaining the way he linked points that had no real connection to each other.  It made the absurdity of it all even funnier.  It seems he mostly does gear reviews, but decided to branch out and do something different for one video.  A good job, IMO and the levity was welcomed.  He did another video on finding your inner rock star which I also thought was pretty good, but it has little to do with this particular topic.   

[Dave W]

Commentary on Gibson's alleged shift in policy.

Gibson Guitar Declares Shift In IP Enforcement After Most Recent Public Backlash

[ilan]

This tweet is from 30 seconds ago. Agnesi still uses the #PlayAuthentic hashtag.

https://twitter.com/markagnesi/status/1148626394915725313?s=21