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They’re going after Kiesel about the V.
Excuse my naïveté but are these real PRS Guitars?
Thanks, They’re not my thing but to each their ownGreat, another necropost. That aside, yeah both of those are real. The bottom one was made just for Mark Tremonti as a one-off thing for the thousand yasseahs.
Fo' reals? If they lost the singlecut lawsuit, how on earth could they ever expect to win an Explorer lawsuit about this Tremonti?
They’re going after Kiesel about the V.
They're delusional if they think they'll win that. They'll flunk over "confusion in the marketplace" again (i.e. there isn't any) and lack of defending the trademark until now-ish. Unless they can argue that the previous Gibson leadership was incompetent and that the new team should get a fresh start. That'd be interesting.
Oh, and IANAL.
Just a guy on a forum with opinions.
Tbh, I think it was more of an intimidation tactic than anything. They're trying to bully companies into dropping models that probably wouldn't be able to sue over. Kiesel is just calling their bluff. Hopefully Gibson backs down without too much of a fight.They've gone after Kiesel and Dean so far. They've also made noise about Kiesel's single cuts. To their credit, Kiesel basically said, "Bring it on." The V they've challenged looks more like the Jackson Rhoads than anything Gibson has put out.
This one actually makes sense. HB just released the Dullahan, whose body is pretty close to Kiesel's Osiris. I'm glad I nabbed one in case HB has to stop production. It is interesting though. HB's model has the body of the Osiris but the end of the neck looks remarkably like Strandberg's design, so HB could end up in double hot water. Obviously, I don't have any clue what either company's trademarks entail, nor am I a lawyer.But to add to the story, Kiesel is supposedly going after Harley Benton for infringement of their headless guitar trademarks. Or something.
and the top was made for Billy Gibbons.Excuse my naïveté but are these real PRS Guitars? Not trying to ruin the mood of the thread but.... yuck
It would’ve looked better with the fur !and the top was made for Billy Gibbons.
I’m still dreaming of the PRS ‘64 AC30 clone.
It would’ve looked better with the fur !
But in carbon fiber?
Mine would have to be black and white, ala Michael Schenker. I love that dude.No V for me. I had a flying V back in the day.
If somebody saw me wearing a flying V today they'd be asking what kind of statement I'm trying to make.