Ladies & gentlemen, in Round 2 of Gibson vs The World, we have Dean in the fray. The details are still fresh & scant at posting time, more to come for sure. Nothing new- trademark infringement. Gibson is actually putting the parent company of Dean & Luna guitars, Armadillo Distribution Enterprise Inc., in the legal spotlight. There are currently seven points of contention, among other things, the headstock design seen above...
... & the Flying V outline. Amazingly, the Les Paul singlecut outline was not included.
Maybe the Cadillac's Les Paul/ Explorer dichotomy (above) was a clever segue out of legal contention. We continue to wonder.
I'm neither a Gibson fan nor a Dean fan- I'm a guitar fan. I acknowledge the fact that both Gibson & Dean plays an integral part in guitar history. If you are inclined towards a certain brand name, other brand names should not be a threat to your liking. If it does, it's called blind loyalty & it impairs judgment. The fact remains that one guitar in unable to replace another comprehensively. If the Les Paul can out-twang the Strat, Fender would have been out of business a long time ago. The opposite is true; till today, no Strat could manifest a thunderous bottom end like the Les Paul. In music, guitars remain to be the tools for musicians. Tools should not compete with one another. If one reigns supreme, there would be a false sense of absolution; you think you are an end-all reference to issues till you are shamed by that little problem that blindsided you.
On a closing note, there might be hidden politics behind it all. We are certainly not privy to all the details & taking sides would show our ignorance more than anything else. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Gibson resurgence now that they are beginning to show more product focus. This recent development is like throwing a spanner in the works. Time will tell.
No comments:
Post a Comment