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14 years ago, my bass player had one of those. There's probably several different answers. Ask yourself why they're no longer in production. However, spending any money on a replacement neck for that bass should cost more than it is worth. I understand sentimental value, especially if a deceased realtive purchased it, and if feels and sounds good to you, you have no choice but to seek a replacement. Everything from the hardware to the pickups was cheap. The neck on those is not the usual Ibanez stable multi-laminate that they're known for. The Ibanez EX Bass is/was a cheap, beginner level bass. I guarantee you will miss it, just like your Maton.Quote from: Super Turbo Deluxe Custom on October 03, 2009, 11:31:30 PM Herein lies the problem, sorry if I seem bluntly rude, that's not the intention. Their design had become so ingrained in the culture, that the design was basically “common use”. įender more recently lost a case trying to trademark their iconic body design, but unfortunately waited too long. The only true “lawsuit” guitars were those models involved, but the “lawsuit era” constitutes the time when all these copies were made. There was only one or two lawsuits in this era, which put Japan on notice that other lawsuits could be coming. Not a lawsuit guitar, but a lawsuit era guitar. The El Degas is pound for pound just as good quality and sounds just as amazing, with just minor wiring differences.
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I also have the “original”, a ’69 Gibson EB-3. I have an early 70’s El Degas copy of a Gibson EB-3. Hope my legal/ commefcial law experience helped? Reply
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I toured all Europe with it and the case bares proof. Its a close copy to the Fender Jazz but they cut the control panel and pick guard out of alignment so it looks different and avoided a lawsuit! I used it for 30 years and its in its original decal covered bass case. Its a cheap copy given value if its real, by its age and condition only! I have a 69 Hohner Jazz made in West Germany. Nut unless they fought a court case tjere would be no lawsuit specific to that instrument. That would just make the Ibanez an illegal copy. The company would lose a case in court because the precedent existed in law. There would be a precedent in law that this Ibanez had breached the ruling. No it does not make a “Law Suit bass in Law any more than it makes it s Fender because it’s cut like one! Only those companies names are held to be legaly a Lawsuit instrument! However if someone went shead and made a copy after the fact, and tje case was settled in law. If there wasn’t a lawsuit, don’t pay more for “Lawsuit”.īy the same token, if it’s a great vintage bass it shouldn’t matter if it was the subject of legal action. Just because it’s old, made in Japan and has a famous headstock doesn’t make it a “Lawsuit” instrument or necessariliy better quality than other instruments. It’s usually a weak attempt to associate the instrument being sold with some of the really high quality copies that certain Japanese factories made in the 70’s. “Lawsuit” has virtually lost any real definition and become a term that sellers slap on any MIJ (sometimes other origins too) instrument with a possibly-copyright-infringing headstock. Secondly, unless you can point to an actual “lawsuit” over a particular instrument it isn’t a “Lawsuit” instrument.ĪFAIK, that pretty much limits it to A few Ibanez Les Paul copies and possibly some Rickenbacker clones though if folks can point to other lawsuits I’d love to know about them. Looks awesome and if it’s like it’s contemporaries it probably plays wonderfully. Submit yours now using our easy web form Categories Bass of the Week Post navigationįirst off, that’s a great bass. Want YOUR bass to be featured for Bass of the Week? Photos taken a few days ago – original condition 1977 (March) Ibanez Silver Series Jazz Bass – I don’t know if this is a “lawsuit” bass but it is that era. Owner Tony Green writes (short but sweet):
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Please feel free to post a comment below if you have better information concerned the lawsuit-era guitars and basses of the ’70s from Ibanez. Now while this doesn’t cover Fender copy designs specifically, that was the lawsuit where very-close copies of the designs stopped after that, putting the ’77 Ibanez seen here just barely within “lawsuit era” territory… Elger/Hoshino U.S.A., filed in June 1977 that ultimately resulted in being settled out of court in February 1978. The defining lawsuit of the era was Norlin (owner of Gibson at the time) vs. The owner of this bass was not sure if in fact this ’77 Ibanez Silver Series bass was considered a “lawsuit” bass or not.