As discussed and deliberated by the mod team, we're allowing custom made items, redecaled or not as long as exhaustive details were presented. Those who simply redecal their items (e.g. for the sake of upping their item value - "fernando redecaled to gibson" etc.) are not allowed still.
bro, mawalang galang na pero i have to disagree.
once a certain decal is applied where there wasnt originally one, thats a copyright infringement then and there. the issue isnt whether or not the buyer is aware of the authenticity of the item. that should be a given and sellers should be exhaustive in their representation of their items. a certain brand is the manufacturer's property. they have sole prerogative to use it on the items they deem their own 'creation'. we
may not and should not use it at our own dispense, whether or not our copy is better than the original themselves.
OK. some may say 'i use it for my personal use'. Granted, even though that is still disrespectful of the brand.
for example: Rickenbacker protects their brand so carefully that they pounce on reproductions like starved hyenas. More so, on ebay, they actively report sellers who put Rickenbacker truss rod covers on sale. Imagine that. Since the TRCs carry their brand name, they want to keep the prestige of owning a Rick to those who really own them. That is one of their selling point. If anyone can make their copies look like originals, that affects the company's strategy in keeping their business alive.
OK. some may say 'its not as if were copying Ricks. Fenders and Gibsons are everywhere. it wont hurt them like it will smaller companies'.
And AGAIN. That is not the point. For whatever reason they have, they OWN that brand. You should not use it.
OK. for some cases where the guitar is made up of different parts, one may say 'but that was an original Fender body. I could certainly use that decal'.
Well, you may definitely say that body was from a Fender but it doesnt warrant the use of a decal on a headstock where it never had one.
For guitars with a different body but has an original Fender neck, well lucky you. But that should be mentioned.
MODS, to allow custom made items to make use of a brand name where it shouldnt be at and yet at the same time disallow those who simply re-decal their items is a double-standard. It's indirectly saying you can get away with it because you have resources.
I suggest we make it as simple as this: you may not put on sale a guitar/item that has a decal/brand name where it never had one.
I think that is fair and is less open for contention.
