There’s nothing this cunt can’t ruin, is there?
This mighty vision of rock’n’roll Dampnut just made me want to puke so much when I saw it a few days ago that I didn’t even want to talk about it here, something about it was too depressing somehow. Cos it wasn’t and isn’t the joke I initially hoped it was; I went to that website and OH FUCK they weren’t kidding… However, it now appears Gibson aren’t kidding either, cos they’ve notice certain similarities between this… thing and their Les Paul model:
Regardless, it is the Trump Guitars electric design – notably, its striking resemblance to the Gibson Les Paul – that has drawn the most attention from guitar fans.
In recent years, Gibson has staunchly defended its intellectual property. For instance, it remains embroiled in a long-standing lawsuit with Dean over its usage of V and Z-shaped guitar designs and the Futura headstock.
As a result, questions quickly arose from guitarists as to how the firm will react to Trump Guitars’ offerings, given the potential political implications if it were to take legal action.
Guitar World approached Gibson to ask whether it considers the design to infringe upon its intellectual property and was told: “We can confirm a cease and desist has been issued against 16 Creative as the design infringes upon Gibson’s exclusive trademarks, particularly the iconic Les Paul body shape.”
The article also observes that the guitars may not actually be American-made either, which would seem fitting somehow. Either way, I now feel slightly less appalled by this story for some reason…
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