johnqpublic

Bought an electric mower a year ago and it does the job just fine. No need for oil or gas, just charge up the battery every so often.

The only regret I have is not getting one of those robotic lawn mowers.

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But once you change some parts out, is it really a Fender Strat anymore? Or just another parts o caster?

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The ole' "Strat of Theseus" paradox.

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You might think by The Cars. They have so many great tunes, but somehow this song gets played daily, and I hate it!

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I didn't care for this song for a long time after it came out. But Im ok with it now. It was definitely overplayed in the mid-80s.

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Why is the top right corner of the video blurred out for much of the beginning?

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Second comment on YT:

"If you're just watching and wondering about the blurs on the top right, Bricks and Minifigs used the YouTube system to force a redaction on those parts of the videos. Either these blurs stay due to the request, or Ben has to delete this whole video and reupload - losing the traction this video currently has. Try your best to look past the blurs or else Bricks get exactly what they want."

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If I recall, the people playing Charvell's that Rick cited were pre-2002.

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My point is still valid.

1) AFAIK, FMIC has not targeted ANY individual player of a strat-like guitar and has not requested they destroy said guitars.

2) Even if the guitars predated FMIC acquiring Charvel, Fender suing users of a current line THEY OWN would be an extremely poor look. Rick should have thought that one through a bit better. There are other players using guitars NOT made by a Fender sub that would have been a better, although still flawed (see point 1), argument.

Saccharine music and inane lyrics.

Listen at your own peril.

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PRS which has a consistently through history been known as guitars that just snooty lawyers that can't even play buy

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The Silver Sky SE is $949, less than a Fender Player II Modified (MIM) at just over $1k

The full Silver Sky is $2749 (that's the most expensive one on Sweetwater), the Fender American Ultra Luxe Vintage '50s is $2999 (again, the most expensive Strat on Sweetwater)

GC’s website is generally a disaster. And on mobile, it’s even worse. If the CEO wants to get GC back in the game, the website should be a priority.

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These owners haven’t been around for 70 years. They paid a lot of money for very valuable intangible assets and they are trying to protect them.

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Servco has been majority owner since 2020. If they didn’t understand how that shape has been used and varied for the last 70 years, they neglected their due diligence. If their intent all along was to try to “protect” something that has failed to be protected for 70 years, they fail to understand the industry as well as previous judgements IMO. I guess Servco didn’t learn anything from Henry J’s and his successor’s disastrous tenure at Gibson.

I can’t see a situation where FMIC is able to get every manufacturer to stop selling and destroy their inventory. That’s a lot of money so companies like PRS are going to fight.

The best I can see is Fender somehow getting a license or royalty payment for use of the shape. But then, what EXACTLY is the shape? Are two humbucker superstrats too close? Single pup Kramers? (Owned by Gibson btw). If someone changes the belly cut, is that enough? NOTHING has been defined.

I think Paul Reed needs to link up with Gibson. Together they have as much or more firepower as FMIC. Heck Gibson might be able to repair some of the damage they did to their brand.

I do agree, however, that the clickbait on YouTube is hyperbolic.

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So, where’s everyone at on this issue? PRS acknowledged they got a Cease & Desist from Fender.

I’m Team Fender.

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I likely would be Team Fender.... IF...

1) they had done this decades ago

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2) they had sued a US manufacturer in US court

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3) this was an actual decision based on evidence

It is my understanding that FMIC sued a Chinese company in German court. The Chinese company never showed so FMIC won by default.

Fender is using this decision as a bully stick to try to force companies based neither in the EU nor Asia to stop doing something FMIC has heretofore not done much about.

Somehow FMIC thinks that because they won a suit against a foreign company in a foreign court by forfeit, that gives them the right to go after everyone worldwide. IANAL, but that seems iffy to me.

My guess is that PRS will fight this AND win. Fender has dragged their feet for almost 70 years. IMO, this is going to damage their brand far more than it will ever help them.

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Nothing is safe from AI+robotics.

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This.

Add robotics and every single job is at risk.