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Re: Pickup "copies" rant

9/2/2002 3:01 PM
SK	Re: Pickup "copies" rant Still, doesn't make it right...Wanting to "soud like" is fine, but saying it was for any particular reason(s), particularly things like inslation type on the pickup coil wires, is problematic. And I do think we perpetuate this, mostly the "new guys" trying to get started becuase it's easy marketing and they don't necessarily know any different. But in the long run it hurts us... One of the other real problems is it's very hard to figure out what "the difference" really is in pickups we make verses mass production. For me I think it's simply the fact they are made specificly for the customer and thier needs. There's other things that make mine different from mass produced, but not necessarily "better" as that's such a subjective thing in pickups...

9/2/2002 3:01 PM

Re: Pickup "copies" rant

Still, doesn't make it right...Wanting to "soud like" is fine, but saying it was for any particular reason(s), particularly things like inslation type on the pickup coil wires, is problematic. And I do think we perpetuate this, mostly the "new guys" trying to get started becuase it's easy marketing and they don't necessarily know any different. But in the long run it hurts us... One of the other real problems is it's very hard to figure out what "the difference" really is in pickups we make verses mass production. For me I think it's simply the fact they are made specificly for the customer and thier needs. There's other things that make mine different from mass produced, but not necessarily "better" as that's such a subjective thing in pickups...