EVH Paint

[ShreddyKrueger]

Does anyone know if it's true that it's illegal to replicate the Eddie Van Halen style paint?

[stevenh]

EVH has trademarked his distinctive striped design. If your going to paint your guitar and not sell it, I think it's ok. However, if you paint guitars like his and sell them, you are violating trademark/copyright laws, and you can be sued.

[Scott Rosenberger]

If you try and sell the guitar and EVH's lawyers find out, you'll get a pretty intimidating letter from them telling you to stop.

The letter we got also offered a licensing deal whereas we could still keep painting them provided we paid EHV a $25,000.00 Royalty on each one we painted

[Scott Rosenberger]

EVH has trademarked his distinctive striped design.

Actually he's trademarked any paint design with red white & black random stripes. not just the few designs you see on his guitars. The Black & Yellow Striped and Black & White Striped Guitars are copyrighted as well

[BeAR]

Sux huh.

[G_urr_A]

You could get around it if you had a paint that would turn black/white if left in sunlight or something. Just a thought, I dunno if some such paint exists.

[BLS]

If you try and sell the guitar and EVH's lawyers find out, you'll get a pretty intimidating letter from them telling you to stop.

The letter we got also offered a licensing deal whereas we could still keep painting them provided we paid EHV a $25,000.00 Royalty on each one we painted

25,000

[deshibs]

I have seen a few of these types of Painted Peavey EVH guitars on eBay get removed by eBay for this reason, be careful.....

deshibs