Why did Gibson Sue Ibanez?
Speaking of which, in 1977, Gibson’s parent company filed a lawsuit against Ibanez (essentially the Hoshino corporation) for copying their “open-book-style” headstock. Ibanez ramped up the quality of its own designs, including set-in-neck copies of solid body and archtop guitars.
Who makes Mansfield guitar?
Mansfield was a Canadian musical instrument distributor (you will note that most owners are in Canada). Their guitars are OEM made from different musical instrument manufacturers. Recently purchased guitars have no special interest, but in the 1970’s , they were built by Hoshino Gakki (Japan), the Ibanez makers.
What guitar does Deacon Frey play?
EF360S
Back to present day Eagles – after joining the band in 2017, Deacon Frey mostly played his dad’s iconic EF360S (the guitar Glenn referred to as #1 and served as template for his EF360GF signature model) as well as Glenn’s EF400SC, 12 string.
What is a Japanese lawsuit guitar?
Lawsuit guitars are high-quality copies of popular American brand name guitars (like Fender and Gibson) produced by Japanese companies in the 1970s. The popularity of lawsuit guitars is easy to explain: They look identical to the originals. They are equal in quality and sometimes even better than the originals.
Are there any guitars from the lawsuit era?
Most instruments that claim to be “lawsuit-era” guitars simply aren’t. That isn’t to say they aren’t cool, functional instruments with unique character — quite the contrary.
What was the outcome of the Gibson Guitar lawsuit?
Ultimately, Gibson’s parent company and Ibanez USA settled their suit out of court and Ibanez revised the headstock designs.
When did the Ibanez lawsuit guitar come out?
This is THE Lawsuit guitar, the Ibanez Super Standard from 1977, the year of the lawsuit. Note the backward ‘F’ on the headstock and the traditional Strat styling.
When did Gibson guitars get sued by Hoshino?
Speaking of which, in 1977, Gibson’s parent company filed a lawsuit against Ibanez (essentially the Hoshino corporation) for copying their “open-book-style” headstock. An image of pre-lawsuit Ibanez (left) and post-lawsuit Ibanez.