Re: Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community
Originally Posted by
Tom C
I say we start referring to ALL guitars and mandolins as gibsons. Make it as generic as Hoover is to Vacuum in England.
Couldn't somebody prove that design became generic?
You make a good point. Think of Kleenex, Band-Aid, Cellophane, Dumpster, etc.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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