What would you do...?

[smcd]

You shouldn't joke about Nazis . My mother was killed by Nazis years before I was born.

Tell that to Mel Brooks. And Werner Klemperer. And John Banner. And Leon Askin. etc. etc. etc....

 

[UncleMattGuy]

You missed the irony dude- think about the statement. It was actually a satirical comment referring to some of the hyper sensitivity re political correctness on these forums. Any humorous mention of children or fire or many other harmless subjects seems to elicit immediate response from tb ers who think and react like old ladies.

 

[smcd]

Ah. Totally missed that.

Carry on.

 

[natw42]

What? FMIC absolutely DOES deny the licensed parts manufacturers to put the Fender logo on the parts they make. AllParts, Mighty Mite, etc may manufacture necks and bodies that look like Fender parts, but they are not allowed to put "Fender" on any of those parts.

What is so hard to understand about this???

that's because of an agreement between those companies for the licensing of the parts. That has nothing to do with ethics (and as bassobrutto pointed out, neither does legality)

I really like the way he approached the answer.

 

[treekiller]

At the risk of getting flamed, I want to know what would be wrong with this scenario:

I bought a fretless MIM Jazz because I wanted one to put a P neck on(I prefer them of the J necks), so I purchased a new Allparts maple P neck as a replacement. Since this was originally a Fender bass and other than the neck & tuners has all Fender parts, what would be wrong with using a Fender headstock decal as long as I represent it as such? If Fender sold replacement necks, I would've bought one. As far as I'm concerned it is still a Fender Jazz bass and if I ever sell it I would happily disclose the changes.

Flame away!!!