Gibson suing again: Jericho Guitars is in the crosshairs

Session 5 said:
Stop the madness Gibson..
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Keith always made the Tele look cool no matter what and it's the guitar he will eventually leave this world being connected to ( which should be around the year 2377 give or take). Though, he did use a LOT of Gibsons too, especially in the late 60s and early 70s, just saying lol
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Why not?
Mesa boogie copied fender amps and claimed "discovery..." and patented those imitations...
but whether it would hold up in court is doubtful...also owned by Gibson....which may turn out to be ironic.
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That has been stated before but so did Marshall.
Not many people buy a Mesa to sound like a Fender amp. Two very different groups of players. John Petrucci, Mark Morton, heavy players. These guys would never buy Fenders. Maybe Peavey 5150 or 6505's
 
Clockworkmike said:
You know the crappy thing about Gibson attacking Heritage all the time, is in essence anyways; Heritage has a lot of claims to being as authentic as Gibson. They were composed of a lot of Gibson's luthiers who refused to relocate from Kalamazoo to Nashville and decided to begin operations within the premises of the old Parsons Street facility, even using some of the remaing tools and machinery.

I remember reading by fans saying they were all hand made but that's a bit of a misunderstanding: while they don't use more modernized CNC machines on the production lines, they do use an old hand made carving machine the original luthiers came up with when Gibson left the facility and took their CNC machines with them. So in that sense, they are indeed more hand made I guess you could argue than Gibson
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Yeah, Heritage is kind of a unique animal to me. The only one of their guitars that doesn’t really do anything for me is their Les Paul style guitar, the H-150. I don’t care much for the softened profile of the lower horn, but the pick guard is what bugs me the most.

However, their large hollow body, the H-575, is really classy. I could gladly go for one of those.
 
Inspector #20 said:
I do like Keith's tone on Start Me Up.

God bless you, but i cringe when i see a Telecaster. The most uncomfortable guitar in the history of mankind.
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I've owned three of them over the years. Have to agree - between the slab body, neck placement, lack of neck angle, scale length and the ergonomics of the bridge and control plate I find them to be very difficult to get a long with. The tone can be useful, which I why I bought them, but as an overall package just not my thing.
 
I have an Esquire guitar that gives most Les Paul's a run for their money sound wise it's one out of a thousand
in our live band recordings I can't tell the difference from my Custom Shop Les Paul or the Esquire
the only thing they have in common is Brazilian rosewood fingerboards and strings.

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I do like Keith's tone on Start Me Up.
Session 5 said:
I am surprised that you built so many of them, How did Marty Stewart like his..
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The shape is popular with a lot of people. I built and sold 28 of them...they blended a "ball-bat" Les Paul neck and 24.0" scale with the traditional Tele body, but built "sandwich style" like a Les Paul....

Glamour shot from B.Hefner in Whittier, California who cut and shaped all the parts for me under contract.

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Headstock design detail:

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Finished headstock from my design:

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Neck specs...24.75" scale shown, but Marty's was 24.0" scale length:

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Body detail:

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I get very, very good reports from Marty, but he has an endorsement deal with Fender for band equipment, plus, he favors the B-Bender he acquired from Clarence White's widow, so i doubt you'll see the StageCrafter on stage with him....but, that's OK with me, because other than the "FrontMan," everyone else is this industry is a supporting member of staff and I'm used to working behind the scenes.
 
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67plexi said:
I have an Esquire guitar that gives most Les Paul's a run for their money sound wise it's one out of a thousand
in our live band recordings I can't tell the difference from my Custom Shop Les Paul or the Esquire
the only thing they have in common is Brazilian rosewood fingerboards and strings.

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No doubts about the tone. I just really don't like the ergonomics of them.
 
Inspector #20 said:
I do like Keith's tone on Start Me Up.

The shape is popular with a lot of people. I built and sold 28 of them...they blended a "ball-bat" Les Paul neck and 24.0" scale with the traditional Tele body, but built "sandwich style" like a Les Paul....

Glamour shot from B.Hefner in Whittier, California who cut and shaped all the parts for me under contract.

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Headstock design detail:

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Finished headstock from my design:

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Neck specs...24.75" scale shown, but Marty's was 24.0" scale length:

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Body detail:

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I get very, very good reports from Marty, but he has an endorsement deal with Fender for band equipment, plus, he favors the B-Bender he acquired from Clarence White's widow, so i doubt you'll see the StageCrafter on stage with him....but, that's OK with me, because other than the "FrontMan," everyone else is this industry is a supporting member of staff and I'm used to working behind the scenes.
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Beautiful guitar, but doesn't look like it has a belly cut, that would be a deal breaker for me, and a baseball bat neck, no good for me I like a slim neck..
 
Inspector #20 said:
I do like Keith's tone on Start Me Up.
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Really? That is some weak sauce to me. Also a song I literally cannot bear to listen to any more.

But...I say that as someone who believes the last good album the Stones made was 'Some Girls' and the last great album they made was 'Goats Head Soup' in, what, 1978 and 1974 respectively? Also, to me, they never sounded like a cohesive unit again after Mick Taylor left - he was the best guitar player that band ever had.
 
gball said:
Really? That is some weak sauce to me. Also a song I literally cannot bear to listen to any more.

But...I say that as someone who believes the last good album the Stones made was 'Some Girls' and the last great album they made was 'Goats Head Soup' in, what, 1978 and 1974 respectively? Also, to me, they never sounded like a cohesive unit again after Mick Taylor left - he was the best guitar player that band ever had.
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I like the tone and vibe of the song
 
gball said:
Really? That is some weak sauce to me. Also a song I literally cannot bear to listen to any more.

But...I say that as someone who believes the last good album the Stones made was 'Some Girls' and the last great album they made was 'Goats Head Soup' in, what, 1978 and 1974 respectively? Also, to me, they never sounded like a cohesive unit again after Mick Taylor left - he was the best guitar player that band ever had.
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I gotta agree here honestly lol I really liked Some Girls, I might go as far as to say that was the last great album even. But the Golden Era without a single question was the Mick Taylor lineup. I would stretch even to the album just before his arrival, Beggar's Banquet as it had some great stuff too and was the start of the raunchy Stones sound.

Unfortunately, that album also coincided with the departure of Brian Jones but it was no fault of the Stones, as Brian had clearly checked out by that point and he was very resistant to the band going to a full on rock sound, abandoning their Blues roots. His last best contribution was No Expectations.

But for me? The Stones were on fire with Mick. Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street are two of the absolute best Rock Albums in general, masterpieces really.
 
Clockworkmike said:
I gotta agree here honestly lol I really liked Some Girls, I might go as far as to say that was the last great album even. But the Golden Era without a single question was the Mick Taylor lineup. I would stretch even to the album just before his arrival, Beggar's Banquet as it had some great stuff too and was the start of the raunchy Stones sound.

Unfortunately, that album also coincided with the departure of Brian Jones but it was no fault of the Stones, as Brian had clearly checked out by that point and he was very resistant to the band going to a full on rock sound, abandoning their Blues roots. His last best contribution was No Expectations.

But for me? The Stones were on fire with Mick. Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street are two of the absolute best Rock Albums in general, masterpieces really.
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I guess i just love The Stones regardless.
 
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