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ACSpike

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  1. I had been told that copying a patented design was illegal even for personal use, though there is a case where copying is allowed as research to fully understand and improve on an invention. I still don't quite understand how pictures, drawings etc can constitute patent infringment. I thought the patent only protected the actual physical invention not the description of it. Does anyone have any references on the issue?
  2. Fender had patents on those designs. I saw the documents on the patent office site when I was looking for the Gibson moderne.
  3. Here's my list of calculators. I think FretFind is the best, but I'm slightly biased. Everybody seems to have a slightly different way of looking at the problem. So you should be able to find one that makes sense to you.
  4. great, without your prior art someone else can hold the world hostage
  5. right now I'm using Inkscape and some homegrown stuff done in php and javascript (Fretfind and Wihbet). With that combo I can generate previews and full scale templates. I think I could recommend Inkscape. Its free and a pretty nice vector editor. My homegrown stuff is too rough for most to use. I keep saying this, but someday I would like to cram some of the stuff I've been writing into a single app that generates custom guitar plans online.
  6. I got one about 6 years ago. I really haven't found as many uses for it as I thought I would. I could blame that on playing mostly bass since I bought it. I think it is a cool product. Its fun to play a song in standard tuning flick a few switches, play in open E, flick a few more and play black mountainside and then go back to standard tuning. Do realize that when you change tunings you drastically alter the tension on the neck, so it is really hard to just flick the switches and be right on. Sometimes the best it will do is get you close. Close enough to really speed up your tuning between songs. but not perfect. So I would say if you play slide or a lot of alternate tunings, go for it. Don't get it if you just want dropped D. There are other products for that. I have never used it to drop a whole or half step across the board, so I don't know. But I tink if that was my goal I would save the $150 and buy a capo.
  7. I just went at what is left with my finger nail and I can't scratch any of it off, but a noticeably large portion of it is missing from years of play. It had to come off some how. Do you want me to try something specific? I don't mind ruining the finish on mine. Edit: scratched off with the end of a paper clip but definately scratched the surface. Nail polish remover did nothing but move dirt around. After closer inspection even in the places where the silver color has worn off I can still see the outline in the light if I look carefully.
  8. Or wait a few years. The logos on my select are mostly gone now.
  9. I guess I'd have to say "go play around with FretFind." Just for the record I like shorter scales. I have a little 22.5 inch acoustic. My next project is going to be a short scale bass. Nothing to be ashamed of. I used to think longer meant better. Perhaps I'm getting old but comfort is king. No more 35 inch basses for me. I'm guessing you mean that the 12th fret isn't perpendicular. No problem in theory. This is an art form after all. The question should be how you want it.
  10. Best I can say is that it has been done. I put what I believe is Australian Lacewood on my guitar. I don't have enough experience in luthiery to say whether it is good or bad. And it has been 8 years since I worked with it so I don't remember much of that either. If I wouldn't have scalloped the whole board it would have been very nice too look at though.
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