Gospel headstock decal

[Veenture]

The other day I commented on this YouTube post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAISXyCIi_s
Phil McGarrick is playing his Strat COPY with Fender logo (decal on headstock).
Perhaps you may find it interesting to read my comment [Veenture1] and the owner's response about the Fender headstock decal on his non-Fender guitar.

-Paul

[olrocknroller]

The other day I commented on this YouTube post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAISXyCIi_s
Phil McGarrick is playing his Strat COPY with Fender logo (decal on headstock).
Perhaps you may find it interesting to read my comment [Veenture1] and the owner's response about the Fender headstock decal on his non-Fender guitar.

-Paul

Very interesting...my concern comes when this guitar gets into the (uninformed) hands of someone (say through inheritance), and they attempt to sell it as the real McCoy, because it says so, right on the headstock! The old argument, "Ignorance is no excuse," has been upheld in courts all too often, to the significant loss of many people... I just think that any form of representation that can be misleading in any way has to be viewed with some suspicion before a person embarks into "emulating" someone else's work.

[panther]

Does anyone remember reading many years ago an interview by Guitar Player magazine (I think) where they ask Semi his opinion of the counterfeit Mosrite guitars being manufactured in Japan? His answer was, he takes it as a compliment (or something like that) that his guitars were being replicated. If anyone (Dennis) remembers where to find that interview please let me know.

Dub;
Is this what you are referring to...
It's Modern Guitar Magazine.

Dan
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/000231.html
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/001103.html
http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/002016.html

[oipunkguy]

if anyone remembers the "mosleycaster" my brother made. it had a fender repacement neck on it. fender did give him a warning not to make and sell them, but wasn't concerned with a one off guitar made for himself.

[raygun85]

Very interesting...my concern comes when this guitar gets into the (uninformed) hands of someone (say through inheritance), and they attempt to sell it as the real McCoy, because it says so, right on the headstock! The old argument, "Ignorance is no excuse," has been upheld in courts all too often, to the significant loss of many people... I just think that any form of representation that can be misleading in any way has to be viewed with some suspicion before a person embarks into "emulating" someone else's work.

Though he was often outspoken, one argument that I happen to agree with from the late Ed Roman was to stay away from "vintage" guitars for this very reason. I wonder how many fakes have been bought and sold for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars over the years?