So what are lawsuit guitarsSimply speaking lawsuit guitars are copies or imitations of brand name guitars produced in 1970’s. At that time Japanese companies, like Ibanez was making its way to American market by producing copies of Gibson and Fender guitars. Gibson sued Ibanez for this practice, hence the
name lawsuit guitar came into being. Seems like it is proper to use the term lawsuit guitar only when refering to Ibanez made guitars, other imitations are commonly refered to as
lawsuit era guitars. What made lawsuit guitars so popular is their close resemblance to the originals. They were by no means cheap copies. Most of the lawsuit guitars were as good as originals , and often even better, and they were cheaper of course. Some companies went another mile by stylizing their logos to resemble Gibson logos. Same thing is practiced today by Asian manufacturers, producing Adidos shoes and the like…
Gibson was against other manufacturers copying their guitars, especially so called
open book headstock design. Ibanez and other quickly responded by changing the headstocks of their “lawsuits” and the case was over.
Some people believe that success of Japanese companies was due to the low quality of original Gibson’s at that time. Thus it was easy to beat them in quality and price.
Bottom line is
lawsuit guitars are worth the hunt because they look just like originals, play better and cost less!
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