Since most of us fix or make guitars, we have probably heard something about the cease and desist letters Fender has sent out concerning the Stratocaster. I thought I would offer some thoughts. As always, caveat emptor.
There are three basic ways to protect intellectual property under Federal law. Patent, trademark, and copyright. Each protects different things, and has different underlying legal theories.
Lets begin with pate…
There is also a time limit to both Patents and Copyright (and Trademarks, though Trademarks can be renewed). Don't know how long they last in other countries, but Canada is normally 20 years. Copy…
Hey everyone, I had a question on guitar building and overcoming something of a mental hurdle that I have. Quite awhile back I had access to a CNC machine and routed some Stratocaster bodies which you can see in the pictures. I was mostly pleased with how these turned out, but there are a couple of issues. On the cherry bodied guitar, the seam is off center and I had some blowout at the upper horn location, which caused me to try and cu…
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I appreciate the response and the perspective, thank you! I am curious, since I'm a rather inexperienced builder, I'm torn between being a perfectionist, versus seeing a project through and cracking e…
Hi fellow loothers! :) Now, I am not an electronics guru. I can follow a nice graphical wiring diagram when hooking up electronics. I have a friend who wants to utilize a superswitch in his Stratocaster like this: Position 1: Bridge Position 2: Bridge + Middle (series) Position 3: Middle Position 4: Middle + Neck (series) Position 5: Neck I have searched the internet. Either I am not good enough at searching, or it doesn't exist. And that could…
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This is what I have come up with using the Oak Grigsby Super Switch from StewMac. Bridge and Neck are grounded at their respective leads (not shown in drawing.)I just noticed that my drawing does posi…
This is an update to a video that I put out about 6 months ago where I gave an overview of a Squier Debut Series Stratocaster. Since then, I've been using this guitar as my main shop guitar, and this new video covers how its held up, and what upgrades I did to it since I got it. The previous video I did on this topic has been the most successful one on my YouTube channel so far, and I'm trying to regularly make videos showing some of wh…
Can anyone help with specs of a late 80's ESP Stratocaster neck with Strat 'blank' [no logo] headstock. Likely from 48th street. No serial # on it. Just an ESP stamp with some hand writing. See attached. Any help is greatly appreciated. We were asked to recreate it for a custom build and the client is unwilling to ship the neck for analysis for sentimental reasons.
