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Fender Decals On Non-Fender Basses

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Why don't you ask Fender's legal department about that?
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Hey, you think the legal department had a say in the design of the Squire Website, the one with the word FENDER plastered all over it?

What are those two words under "Squire" in the Logo? Looks like the legal dept. already had a say and the result was "Fender" on the logo.

You guys crying about it are just bickering over the size of something that is perfectly legitimate, at least according to the example set by Fender and it's legal dept....

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Putting Fender logo's on Fender products is perfectly legitimate and acceptable.

-eSmith.
 
#225
Blankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posers...I'm not into that scene.

I agree with the car comparison (body shop replacing a quarter panel with an aftermarket and re-applying a Buick badge). Precision and Jazz basses just look right with Fender markings. It's part of the styling. Also, to the "no-decal" crowd, what degree of modification would require removal (or prohibit the re-application) of a decal? All electronics or just a pickup? One keywind, or all of them? What about putting a genuine Fender neck on a loaded copy body? Does removing the ashtrays leave it no longer decalworthy?

I recently had my MiM Fender Precision converted to fretless with a Warmoth maple neck (aftermarket quarter panel) and used genuine MIA keywinds. After reading on and on about this subject here on TB, I decided to apply a decal. I have my own take on the decal, though...

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I'm not planning on selling this bass, and even if I did...I'd keep this awesome neck.
 
#226
And still, you all totally ignore the fact that buying the decal is not legitimate in the first place. Fender doesn't 'sell' aftermarket decals. It's essentially stolen property.


Fact: Fender didn't sell the decal. Fact: Fender's logo and trademarks are copyrighted. Fact: Whoever is selling the decals is knowingly counterfieting and you are simply enabling them to prosper from their piracy. Fact: You will find a circular argument to try and justify it in your own mind. Fact: This thread will get shut down because, once again, the discussion has gone nowhere in over 20 pages.
 
#227
Yes, Squire is a product made BY Fender. As in, it is 100% a Fender Product. Putting a Fender Logo on it therefore is perfectly legitimate.

Sorry, that is the only logic that works, anything else is an exception to stroke the ego of someone who demands those few extra dollars allow them to split hairs on the logo placement on products made by the exact same brand.

-eSmith.
 
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eSmith said:
Yes, Squire is a product made BY Fender. As in, it is 100% a Fender Product. Putting a Fender Logo on it therefore is perfectly legitimate.

Sorry, that is the only logic that works, anything else is an exception to stroke the ego of someone who demands those few extra dollars allow them to split hairs on the logo placement on products made by the exact same brand.

-eSmith.
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You're still totally ignoring the fact that the decal is a counterfeit. That's great that you have some weird "Squier is awesome & Fender's are a waste of money" chip on your shoulder, but it's entirely irrelevant to the discussion.
 
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eSmith said:
Yes, Squire is a product made BY Fender. As in, it is 100% a Fender Product. Putting a Fender Logo on it therefore is perfectly legitimate.

Sorry, that is the only logic that works, anything else is an exception to stroke the ego of someone who demands those few extra dollars allow them to split hairs on the logo placement on products made by the exact same brand.
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Ask Fender's legal department. Until you do that anything you say is simply speculation. Fender has a long history of defending it's trademarks.

One thing you'll never get from Fender is a legitimate Fender decal to put on a Squier (not Squire as you so often mispell it). They require proof of the Fender origin of an instrument before issuing a Fender decal and a Squier won't make the cut.

Usage of a counterfeit Fender decal is not legitimate and Fender has shut down several vendors of such decals.
 
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scotch said:
And still, you all totally ignore the fact that buying the decal is not legitimate in the first place. Fender doesn't 'sell' aftermarket decals. It's essentially stolen property.


Fact: Fender didn't sell the decal. Fact: Fender's logo and trademarks are copyrighted. Fact: Whoever is selling the decals is knowingly counterfieting and you are simply enabling them to prosper from their piracy. Fact: You will find a circular argument to try and justify it in your own mind. Fact: This thread will get shut down because, once again, the discussion has gone nowhere in over 20 pages.
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Fact: You can make your own decal and not support counterfeiting.

Fact: I have done so myself.

Fact: You pick and choose your "facts", by assuming your post applies to "ALL" of us.
 
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Gort said:
How mature.
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It's not a big deal. I made one decal for myself and put it on one of my own basses, just because I felt like it. The only thing wrong with it, is I am giving them free advertising....which may eventually lead me to sand it off. FWIW, I do own "real" Fenders also, it not a financial thing where I "wish I could afford a Fender". You are the one acting immature, by jumping the gun calling me a criminal over a water-slide decal I drew for myself.
All because I can make a P bass for my needs better than Fender can? I just like the spaghetti logo.
Check the last post here for Fender's current quality:http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637125&page=39
 
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