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Topic: Sho Bud - a registered name?? |
Guido Hausmann
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Gütersloh, NRW Germany
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 2:01 am |
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...is "sho bud" a registered trademark (gretsch?)?
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Ron Davis
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Lake Arrowhead, California... We're a mile high. ;)
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 6:02 am
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You can bet it is, since Fender owns Gretsch, too...
Man, Fender owns a lot these days.
Back in the beginning days of makin' guitars, I can't imagine 'ol Leo EVER imagined his little company would wing up this huge. 
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 8:20 am
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| yes, and back in those days nobody could ever have imagined the world after rampant leveraged buyouts and out-sourcing, not to mention a nation without the bell telephone co...anybody else feeling old yet? |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 7:12 pm
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I don't believe Fender "owns" Gretsch, per se. I understand that Fender has a distribution agreement with Fred Gretsch Co. to market Gretsch product. AFAIK, Fred Gretsch Co. has the trademarks on the Gretsch, Sho-Bud, and Bigsby names and logos.
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Ron Davis
From:
Lake Arrowhead, California... We're a mile high. ;)
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 7:17 pm
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You may be right.
But, man, have they got a lot of companies under their umbrella now. Also Slingerland, SWR, & plenty more.
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Emmons 12 p/p, Revelation, Black Widows, (& way too many assorted goodies...)
Drummer with a pedal steel fantasy.
www.LA-Zep.com
www.Desperado1.com
www.CMWChicagoTribute.com |
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Bill Moran
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2010 3:49 pm
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One of these days we might see a $199.00 Sho Bud made in China on the market ? 
Watch out for the poison paint !
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