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That’s most vintage trems if you actually use themCool vibe, but that screams "I'm going out of tune as soon as you look at this bar."
That’s most vintage trems if you actually use themCool vibe, but that screams "I'm going out of tune as soon as you look at this bar."
Just a sticker? Okay, not terrible. Thought it was a waterslide.I believe it. When I got my MIJ Socal in 2010 it had that sticker, and I promptly removed it.
True, but the headstock design that they chose to use does not have a straight string thru pull. So tuning issues will be worse. The guitar would have benefited from a Floyd Rose trem. But that's just my opinion.That’s most vintage trems if you actually use them
I peel that shit off immediately.Do these actually have waterslides that say all of that stuff about FMIC trademarks on the back of the headstock nowadays?
That's pretty gaudy and tasteless if true. More than anything else that can be said about the rest of the guitar, imo.
made even worse with the break angle of the headstock .. winding the strings a up the peg will be a mustTrue, but the headstock design that they chose to use does not have a straight string thru pull. So tuning issues will be worse. The guitar would have benefited from a Floyd Rose trem. But that's just my opinion.
Too funny. I didn't initially realize it was a sticker. None were on any of my recent Jacksons that I recall. You should take those to GC and put them on the back of some Gibson headstocks
Do these actually have waterslides that say all of that stuff about FMIC trademarks on the back of the headstock nowadays?
That's pretty gaudy and tasteless if true. More than anything else that can be said about the rest of the guitar, imo.
Fender (FMIC) owns Jackson and Charvel, so...Shouldn't have it - it's not a licensed Fender headstock.
So?Fender (FMIC) owns Jackson and Charvel, so...
Yep, 30 years ago all I wanted was a Strat head Charvel....now I prefer the pointys........wish they would do the USA ones again like they did in the early 2000'sSo?
They didn't own them in the way up though. The Jackson/Charvel pointy headstock was theirs first. Not sure how long you've been a big J/C guy (or if you even are now), but there were a LOT of years that the most sought after C?J guitars had strat headstocks, but they weren't able to make more due to licensing. Now you can't hardly find one without. And now, pointies are on the rise again. And so the pendulum swings.
Yeah, that will stay in tune when using the whammy bar. lol
FMIC owns Jackson and Charvel then they own the license, despite not owning it in the past. So, yes it's a Fender license.So?
They didn't own them in the way up though. The Jackson/Charvel pointy headstock was theirs first. Not sure how long you've been a big J/C guy (or if you even are now), but there were a LOT of years that the most sought after C?J guitars had strat headstocks, but they weren't able to make more due to licensing. Now you can't hardly find one without. And now, pointies are on the rise again. And so the pendulum swings.
That pointy headstock first appeared on Randy Rhoads' Concorde Flying V, built by J/C. Amirite?So?
They didn't own them in the way up though. The Jackson/Charvel pointy headstock was theirs first. Not sure how long you've been a big J/C guy (or if you even are now), but there were a LOT of years that the most sought after C?J guitars had strat headstocks, but they weren't able to make more due to licensing. Now you can't hardly find one without. And now, pointies are on the rise again. And so the pendulum swings.
I think you're missing the point. They don't need to license the pointy headstock shape to Jackson/Charvel since the entity still exists and is intact as an Incorporated division of FMIC - JCMI or Jackson Charvel Manufacturing Inc. The headstocks are trademarked by FMIC, but the "Strat" headstock is a Fender trademark used by Charvel. If Fender started putting Jackson headstocks or Rhoads bodies on their guitars, they'd have a similar "license" to use from JCMI. Ownership and trademarks are different animals. Those headstocks were trademarked before FMIC owned JCMI. You're welcome to your opinion however. It's a free country.FMIC owns Jackson and Charvel then they own the license, despite not owning it in the past. So, yes it's a Fender license.
Never been a charvel/jackson guy though. So, I can't comment from that perspective.
Yep!That pointy headstock first appeared on Randy Rhoads' Concorde Flying V, built by J/C. Amirite?
I think you're missing the point. They don't need to license the pointy headstock shape to Jackson/Charvel since the entity still exists and is intact as an Incorporated division of FMIC - JCMI or Jackson Charvel Manufacturing Inc. The headstocks are trademarked by FMIC, but the "Strat" headstock is a Fender trademark used by Charvel. If Fender started putting Jackson headstocks or Rhoads bodies on their guitars, they'd have a similar "license" to use from JCMI. Ownership and trademarks are different animals. Those headstocks were trademarked before FMIC owned JCMI. You're welcome to your opinion however. It's a free country.
I read years ago from one of those guitar magazine (GW??? 199?), that one of my uncles had lying around, that it was like a 12-hourYep!
I'm trying to remember if Grover did it after he bought Charvel from Wayne - I think that was the case. Grover was concerned that Jackson was too "extreme" for Charvel's customer base, so he created the brand, and then the headstock "migrated" to the other brand. I think... I'm getting older, and have had a few beers in my life, so I might be flipping that around...