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In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
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Re: In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
Yeah .. point taken, but if I was in an argumentative mood I would say that Gibson/Epiphone copied the Tele headstock shape for the Epi solid bodied gtrs in the 60s, made a couple of changes and created the batwing headstock.
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Re: In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
Whoah, that I did not know. Interesting!CorporateDisguise wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:07 amThat Epiphone headstock shape has been around since the 60s. It was used on their Wilshires, Olympics and Coronets. So G&L actually ripped Epiphone off.
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Re: In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
I assumed you were being ironic. Pointing out a headstock infringement when it's attached to a telecaster body and claiming they copied a G&L perfectly encapsulates the absurdity of this whole issue, so I'm going with that's what you meant.
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Re: In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
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The T-310 also had a Kramer/EVH hockey stick headstock. Gibson bought Kramer at one point, either before or slightly after this guitar.
The T-310 also had a Kramer/EVH hockey stick headstock. Gibson bought Kramer at one point, either before or slightly after this guitar.
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Re: In light of Gibson's copyright battles, was the Hendrix Strat just a joke?
One of my first guitars... a goodun
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