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Fender Rumble Club

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My first criteria for membership would be, at the basic level: does the candidate actually OWN a Rumble series amp (either purchased, gifted, traded or pulled from a dumpster)?

Simply showing up at a venue and playing through whatever Rumble amp is provided as backline shouldn't count!

So... Does (did?) Flea actually own the Rumble 500, or was it simply the amp available at the time?
Unless Flea showed up unannounced to play with someone, I'd think he'd just have whatever he wanted.
 
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I could care less about a celebrity using a Rumble. Adding a section to the Rumble Wiki for 'Pro Musicians' or 'Pro Artists' who use Rumbles would be more interesting IMO.
Agreed, but I think that's what's meant, anyway. But ... anyone who gets paid to play music is a pro. That's where I want a definition (of whatever we call it). Lots of people on TalkBass get paid, but if they weren't on TalkBass and don't play locally, we'd never hear of them.
 
Always loved hearing the “LET’S GET READY TO RUUUMMMBBBLLE!! announcement before every match.
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Yeah, but he has Trademarked that phrase to ensure that others do not use the phrase without permission and to protect his "intellectual property". Since securing the trademark in 1992, he has reportedly earned over $400 million from the use of his catchphrase through licensing deals, including video games, TV shows, movies, and merchandise! 🧐
 
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Yeah, but he has Trademarked that phrase to ensure that others do not use the phrase without permission and to protect his "intellectual property". Since securing the trademark in 1992, he has reportedly earned over $400 million from the use of his catchphrase through licensing deals, including video games, TV shows, movies, and merchandise! 🧐
trademarks only apply to adjectives. When you trademark something, you have to note what it's referencing. For example, Kleenex brand tissue. Unless they file a separate trademark for guitar amps (or at least music reproduction), any of us could build, market, and trademark Kleenex brand guitar amps.
 
trademarks only apply to adjectives. When you trademark something, you have to note what it's referencing. For example, Kleenex brand tissue. Unless they file a separate trademark for guitar amps (or at least music reproduction), any of us could build, market, and trademark Kleenex brand guitar amps.

From the previously posted link by Michael Kondoudis, Registered Trade Mark Attorney: "A trademark is an exclusive right that a business or individual has to use a name, logo, slogan, or other symbol to identify products and services."
 
Which agrees with what I said. A trademark applies to a product, service, etc. it’s not universal.

So on the one hand, a name, logo, slogan, or other symbol is an adjective?!? But on the other hand, I thought an adjective was a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. And on the gripping hand, I never was very good at grammar. So, hey, you're the published writer, not me. I'll stop being pedantic (for now).
 
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