I'd love to see some unique custom guitars please! This is the doodlebass done with a white paint marker. Not exactly custom. But what the heck, here it is.

Self indulgence? To feel good about a skill we developed? To prove I’m better than the other guitarist? Or just to play to satisfy a need? So on an so forth. But what I really believe, is that we learn a skill to first see if we can or could do it. But then music has this captivating soul feel to it. It does calm the savage beast so to speak?!!? But more than all that? It sends a message to the hearer. It frees our spirit and soul to receive and give. It expresses who we are! And with the Master’s touch, it can redeem us and all. Oh, music is the message! Play on brothers/sisters! PLAY ON!

Going to see a legendary band tonight in Columbia, Maryland. The Nighthawks! Should be fun. Thanks wifey!

Have you heard? This is some serious shit! Fender is issuing cease and desists to builders of Strat-inspired electric guitars in an effort to protect the Stratocaster body style trademark. Reactions are mixed. On one hand, the move has been widely panned; on the other, people argue that, as the original designers of the S-type guitar, they have the right to do so. But it's not so simple. It all started a few weeks ago when "a Regional Court of Dusseldorf established a legal precedent in Germany and gave Fender the legal right to 'protect its designs in global commerce.'" Now, Fender is sending out cease and desist letters to companies demanding that they halt production immediately. Not only that, they demand the recall "of existing products, and destruction of the guitars that Fender claims infringe on its copyright." This is one of the most significant fallouts and legal challenges the guitar industry has encountered in many years. At least initially, Fender is targeting small companies, such as "LsL Instruments – a family-run firm based in the US that makes boutique S-style guitars." My take is that they are going after the little people, who they hope will not have the ability to file what could be a long and expensive court battle. Some companies have gone to great lengths to alter their designs to make them similar to, but not exact copies of the Stratocaster, altering the headstock so that it doesn't infringe upon the Fender design, configuring them with pickup configurations other the SSS, such as HH, HSH, HSS, and single pickups, sharpening the horns (most notably Ibanez), or changing the depth of the cutaways. Curiously, Fender is doing this even though the company embarked on a similar campaign in the US back in 2009, in an attempt to trademark the Stratocaster. That effort failed as the body shape was "deemed generic."

Thanks, Omni Guitars!! I love it!!😻