Time this became public because, well, it already is.
This has been going on for several months now and we were content with keeping under wraps what we knew but it's public now in a not so subtle way so fair game for discussing here. And don't worry, it's going to be discussed everywhere soon. Some information I'm going to link to is mainly directed at the guitar community but it is a fact that a number of prominent mandolin builders everyone here would recognize have also received threatening letters from Gibson's law firm that represents them. Sorry, not our job to share the names of those builders. We are also aware of one larger manufacturer that has received similar communication from Gibson.
Some of you will have questions what this is all about, I'm not the person to answer those for you but others are welcome to. This is simply more of what Gibson has been doing, mostly unsuccessfully, for years.
Quote from one of the very most famed and respected members of the vintage instrument world to me, and I'll not name him: "the new Gibson management team makes Henry look like an amateur when it comes to threatening builders with legal action."
First, read this:
https://www.gearnews.com/gibsons-mar...er-copyrights/
Then watch the original video which Gibson subsequently pulled from YouTube but was downloaded and saved:
https://www.reddit.com/r/guitars/com...pulled_off_of/
So that we're clear here, we believe information of this nature should be shared and discussed in a mature way and by posting this here we have no interest in taking sides in the matter.
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