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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:27 am
by jingle_jangle
No wait for these at those prices, I'll betcha...
Somewhere in the Czech Republic there's an acre and a half of these behind a used car dealership...
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:32 am
by phlemmy
He plays in a band called Pierrot, they are huge overseas.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WriynciLGvA
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:51 am
by jim_morris
The design is clearly RIC-influenced but I can't decide whether it's over the line or not. If you're talking about a 4004 then I'd have to say it's a faker.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:04 am
by lyle_from_minneapolis
When they do such a bad job of impersonating, I don't understand why they go through the effort. In the same vein, I would never mistake this gentleman for Marilyn Monroe...
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:05 am
by lyle_from_minneapolis
Can I get an "EEEEEeeeeewwww?"
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:25 am
by zoomduck
I like the Zeeba wun......Zeeba taste goooood....tone on my tongue.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:31 am
by johnallg
Way to go Barry! Another Pearls freak!
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:00 am
by martinh
Eeeyuck.....not my cup of tea; Maybe when I was 17, I would have liked it. However, I've got a couple of Japanese ESP's, and they do make some very good quality instruments.
My attorney opinion:
{1} Probably not close enough for a trademark variation, although the shape of the top bout comes very close.
{2} Probably not sold directly in the US anyway, so it's likely impossible to get jurisdiction under the Lanham act, and,
{3} at $3800, unlikely to displace the 4003/4004 in the market anyway.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:12 pm
by zoomduck
Thats right John ....RICs before swine !