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Topic: Boss or Boss-Tone- who was first? |
Ken Byng
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Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 8:41 am |
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One of the latest incarnations of the Boss Tone has had to change its name under threat of action by the Boss company.
However, I am not fully convinced that the Boss compact pedals were around before the original Boss Tone came out. Can this be morally right to squeeze out a product that has the word Boss in its title that had no original affiliation with the Japanese company?
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Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2009 9:56 am
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The Jordan Boss-Tone came out about a decade before Roland had any "Boss" line pedals or products. But Jordan doesn't really exist today, and Roland/Boss is huge. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers.
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Bo Borland
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South Jersey -
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 4:32 am
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| Even worse Ralph Lauren sued the U.S. Polo Assoc. a couple years ago. The had a magazine for members that had been published for many years. He felt that he owned the name Polo. The had to put a disclaimer on the front page "not associated with RL, Polo, etc". He actually thought he owned the noun! |
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Micky Byrne
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United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 7:48 am Re: Boss or Boss-Tone- who was first?
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Ken...I got, and still use the original Bosstone I got off Eric Snowball's steel Mill way back in about 1971. I recall the first "Roland" Boss pedal, was one Eric got in...a Chorus pedal, in a brownish Crackle finish with the old type button foot switch. That was much later. I too beleive that the Bosstone was out first.
Micky Byrne United Kingdom
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 10:44 am
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the first boss pedal was indeed the chorus ensemble.
the worst is Monster Cables who attempt to sue anyone using the name monster for any product whatsoever. I will never buy anything made by them.
I was also sad when the WWF had to change its name to WWF...stupid panda bears! |
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