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Here's a neat idea. A Ric-shaped Ashbory bass.
http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~jdavies/ashbory/index.html

That IS pretty cool!

I thought the Ric body shape was copyright?

Baker69 wrote:I thought the Ric body shape was copyright?

It is, but it's not like Rickenbacker has an orbital satellite that melts people as soon as they make one. Not much to be done about it.

Baker69 wrote:I thought the Ric body shape was copyright?

Trademark is the correct term.

Grey wrote:

Baker69 wrote:I thought the Ric body shape was copyright?

It is, but it's not like Rickenbacker has an orbital satellite that melts people as soon as they make one. Not much to be done about it.

I've heard they actually have one, but melting people isn't nice so they're trying to fine tune it to just melt the infringing instruments...

neat!

jps wrote:

Baker69 wrote:I thought the Ric body shape was copyright?

Trademark is the correct term.

Quite correct!

Co-incidently, I've spoken with Nigel Thornbory (designer of the Ashbory bass) this morning, having just bought one of his instruments direct from him, and he's confirmed that the Rick shaped instrument is not a genuine Ashbory bass.