Question about the Maiden strats...

[Number Of The Priest]

Bahh, obviously I haven't been on the JCF enough within the past year so I probably missed the "artist similar" news. Awwww, that's too bad to hear about that.

Does this mean no more replicas whatsoever? Guess the JCF-YCE series is kaput. But something doesn't add up... you can still order custom PC1s from what I imagine. Look at the recent MattsMusicCenter run. (BTW those PC1s are gorgeous.)

Hell... where do you draw the line at "artist similar" guitars? "Oh crap, it has WOOD and STRINGS and TUNERS and a BRIDGE and some PICKUPS... nope, too similar to so-and-so artist who also has a guitar made out of wood and strings and tuners and has a bridge and pickups. Can't do it."

And yes, outside of the "Wasted Years" music video, I don't think I've seen any other footage of Adrian's Charvel Strat. Actually I don't recall any photos of it either... I remember I had to make screenshots from the "Wasted Years" video for that huge Maiden Jackson/Charvel/Wayne picture thread I started a few years ago.

[neilli]

Does this mean no more replicas whatsoever? Guess the JCF-YCE series is kaput. But something doesn't add up... you can still order custom PC1s from what I imagine. Look at the recent MattsMusicCenter run. (BTW those PC1s are gorgeous.)

The JCF series was already kaput, and I guess PC1s are different as Phil is a current Jackson artist. Not sure what they'd do if you wanted a Bela though.....then that might also depend on if the image is still under copyright.

And yes, outside of the "Wasted Years" music video, I don't think I've seen any other footage of Adrian's Charvel Strat. Actually I don't recall any photos of it either...

There's pics of it in the 'What are we doing it for' photo book from around '87. I'll scan 'em when I get chance....

[Wizard of Ozz]

I've always like Adrian's white Jackson S-head.

[KevinDguitar]

Okay..I know I've been spotty in getting on here since trying to finish my book on deadline and stuff....but.. Is it really THAT big of a deal to have order specs that slightly resemble ANY artist guit?.. I don't see the "Ask Jackson" part of the forum either..where did that go?..lol..I tell you..you take a little time off..sheesh.

[neilli]

FMIC have stopped people ordering replicas of artists guitars, and from what I'm getting, they're stopping people ordering something with slight changes which they can then adapt to spec when the guitar is delivered i.e. you can't order a white Jackson strat with a large logo, floyd and black scratchplate, even if it has 3 singles.

The removal of the 'Ask Jackson' is whole other story...

[atilla]

The removal of the 'Ask Jackson' is whole other story...

Hmm...I was away from the board for awhile and noticed it's disappearance. I'm very curious about the story behind THAT!

[KevinDguitar]

ooooo..sounds all "cloak and dagger" like...very Area 51..doooo tell....

[delt]

So, if i want to order let's say, a white KV with reverse head, Jackson might tell me "Sorry, Johnny Doh of this band 'The singer and his musicians' has the same guitar, so no one else is allowed to have one like that"?

[neilli]

That was my question, cos virtually everything that can be ordered could be considered similar to something they built before.

I think for it to get stopped, the artist guitar has to be regarded as 'well known', or the artist has to be either someone they would want to approach for a signature line, or someone they're scared of! (in terms of legal issues etc)

[Norton]

Jackson had legal issues with "artist similar" guitars?.I mean they got sued?Got ripped of millions of dollars?


It's just BS.It's like patenting the wheel.Or let's say,I will get the rights of the word "yes" and anytime someone says yes,they'll pay me 5 dollars.


Crappiness prevails.

[delt]

^ and then i'd try to get the rights of the word "yeah" and they'd tell me "Sorry, Norton already has the rights to that exact same word"

Reminds me of the actress who played princess Leia in Star Wars, when they were making all these little toys of the characters she said "Now every time i look in the mirror i have to send $5 to George Lucas!"

[asix]

why not use warmoth parts?

[neilli]

Well that applies to virtually any bolt-on doesn't it?

[Soloist1]

Evil Chuck scared the FMIC folks away. He is one angry focker.

[AK47]

why not use warmoth parts?

The reason you cant is that if your main plow mule dies you need to replace him....
and you will take a loss trying to sell a phony warmoth big cavity guitar on Ebay but with a real Jackson your fields are rollin with a hot new burro because it sold on Ebay for almost what you bought the Jackson strat for