GMW used to make incredible Charvel San Dimas copies (I know, I have one , and have owned several). He sold tons of those (and all were excellent guitars)
Fender put out the cease order and he cant do them anymore(but now you can get one from Charvel)
I don't really have a problem with what Ran is doing.
They are not trying to pass them off as Originals.
Now if I had them make me a 7 string Jackson soloist copy and the Headstock had a Jackson logo on it , I would have a problem with it.
If it has a ran logo I don't. Most likely you're going to get RAN to do something for you that the Original company wouldn't do anyway (case in point ,that 7 string neckthru JS that started this whole thread.). Do you think you can get one of those from Ibanez?(maybe if your last name is Satriani).
I'm even tempted to get a quote on one of those Yamaha lokking 7's, I really like that.
Fender put out the cease order and he cant do them anymore(but now you can get one from Charvel)
I don't really have a problem with what Ran is doing.
They are not trying to pass them off as Originals.
Now if I had them make me a 7 string Jackson soloist copy and the Headstock had a Jackson logo on it , I would have a problem with it.
If it has a ran logo I don't. Most likely you're going to get RAN to do something for you that the Original company wouldn't do anyway (case in point ,that 7 string neckthru JS that started this whole thread.). Do you think you can get one of those from Ibanez?(maybe if your last name is Satriani).
I'm even tempted to get a quote on one of those Yamaha lokking 7's, I really like that.