Is it wrong to put fender decals on a warmoth neck??

[ggunn]

I "get" having the look. I also "get" the ethical complication if you sell the bass later on. The best answer I've seen is the one saying to get a custom decal that looks from a few feet away kind of like the word "Fender" but actually says something different. That way you get enough of the look for onstage, with no ethical complications.

Like the Takamine logo, for instance?

 

[DougD]

This is a warning sign for all those in the used Fender market. It's sad realy.

 

[Quadzilla]

This is a warning sign for all those in the used Fender market. It's sad realy.

Whatever man. If there is not a Fender serial and the seller is honest, then this is no issue..... Not having a serial # is a dead giveaway. This thread is about somebody who has a REAL Fender body and a Fender licensed neck who wants to put a logo on there for his own joy.

This is NOT about people who make counterfeit Fenders and sell them as Fenders. Get the theme of the thread straight guys!

 

[DougD]

Factory Guy makes some great custom decals:

He's at: [email protected]

Now that's realy cool

 

[flea claypool]

This is a warning sign for all those in the used Fender market. It's sad realy.

ffs listen to yourself will ya, anyone that buys any reasonable fender, (i included) is well able to re-search before spending hard earned cash.

 

[KPAX]

I'm with you. Put the Fender decal on. Stick it to the man! And to all the little narcs.

er, How about a Big F??
copyright my bollox, like some law suit is gonna hit you cause you get reported for it, we dont even use the word law suit here
i mean am i gonna lose sleep because i dont have a law abiding bass, or will i just settle for a great looking one



Warmoth decals are fkn god awful...

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Buyer beware.

If you don't take the necessary steps to ensure you're protected, you probably deserve to get hosed in a deal.

It sucks, it's cruel, but it's life. We don't live in a Utopian society where people are always kind and 100% honest about everything.

I'm not condoning fraud sales and things of that nature, but as a buyer, it's 100% your responsibility.

 

[Dominic D]

Buyer beware.

If you don't take the necessary steps to ensure you're protected, you probably deserve to get hosed in a deal.

It sucks, it's cruel, but it's life. We don't live in a Utopian society where people are always kind and 100% honest about everything.

I'm not condoning fraud sales and things of that nature, but as a buyer, it's 100% your responsibility.

Good advice, but completely unrelated to this thread.

 

[grifff]

If you're just playing it yourself i'd say do whatever floats your boat.

But if you're using it to get a higher price from selling it... not a bro move at all.

This. If you ever sell it please be completely honest with what you have. Other than that, do whatever you want with it.

I don't like the blank headstock look either, but maybe you could come up with a design you like?

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Good advice, but completely unrelated to this thread.

It was in response to the couple of posts above mine as well as the numerous posts regarding the selling of fake Fenders. I guess I should have tied it in better.

 

[Engine207]

 

[mongo2]

Just curious, has anyone ever seen an instrument for sale where the seller said the decal was a fake?

 

[Flabass]

Why not make your own personalized decal??...If you use a Fender decal....it's still a "bootleg" Fender, doesn't matter that your in a different country.

+1

You can get decal making materials on line. Put your own name on it. You can even do your own serial #.

Researched it when I was contemplating doing a warmoth.

 

[BIG CHEETO]

Why not make your own personalized decal??...If you use a Fender decal....it's still a "bootleg" Fender, doesn't matter that your in a different country.

bubble gum, or put some hair on it

 

[lonote]

Just curious, has anyone ever seen an instrument for sale where the seller said the decal was a fake?

No, but I have seen lots of bass necks with Fender decals where the sellers said that the necks WERE NOT Fenders.

 

[mongo2]

No, but I have seen lots of bass necks with Fender decals where the sellers said that the necks WERE NOT Fenders.

Ok, same thing, I suppose.

But the decal in that case just says "Fender" it's not actually a Fender decal.

 

[RBrownBass]

It's cool to put on the decal for you, but to say its fender when it's warmoth, thats like filling a coke bottle with diet and passing it off as coke

The guy has a Warmoth neck. I see it as taking a Miller or Budweiser bottle, filling it with a fine small-market beer and passing it off as Miller or Bud. No disrespect is intended in the analogy- Fender is a huge manufacturer and assembler of bass parts, and Warmoth is, at least in theory, a manufacturer of higher-grade replacement parts for Fenders.

It would be a copyright infrindgment to put anything but a Fender Decal on any headstock bearing the Fender copyrighted Ball and flag. If you put any other decal on a guitar neck with the Ball and flag headstock it better be a Fender or licenced by Fender neck. Or change the headstock shape.

Love, .......Fugigen, Motsumuko, Hagstrom, Charvell,Tom Anderson......

Huh. Never thought about that way, but it makes complete sense. That said, I doubt that many people are going to take this approach to their custom decals.

So what approach would you take if altering the headstock is not an option- decal it as a Fender because they own the license to the shape or leave it blank?

 

[cnltb]

what a tasteless idea ...

 

[CatfishStudios]

Just curious, has anyone ever seen an instrument for sale where the seller said the decal was a fake?

Absolutely ...... Ive seen craploads of Warmoth basses and guitars, body and neck, WITH a Fender logo and no serial....advertised as BUILT FROM WARMOTH PARTS> and priced accordingly. Warmoth, even though their quality is easily as good if not better than Fender, do not hold resale value in the same way. Its fairly easy to tell a Warmoth bass with a logo from a factory fender.... IMHO ... ITs a Fender body, with a Licensed Fender neck, copyrighted headstock and all, slap a Fender logo on there if you want to. Also ... you guys ever heard of ghost builders?

 

[Ian Perge]

"Licensed Fender neck" is not the same thing as "Made By Fender". Period. Getting one of the "lookalikes" posted in the thread, be creative and come up with your own unique logo.

...or just buy an authentic Fender if it matters that much.