wade goeke said:Hi guys-
To say I find this interesting would be a huge understatement. To clarify a couple things I saw mentioned earlier in this thread.
Chandler has not sued a single person. We do not own the rights to any EMI equipment, that's why we pay a royalty. Anything between John Hinson, Uncle fester, Winston or what ever he is calling himself today has nothing to do with me or my company. I would, however, appreciate it if all gossip-related talk about Chandler, whatever it may be, be kept off this board. Some of it seems to go a bit close to the line, if you get my meaning...Im sure you do...
Have fun,
Wade
Aardman said:- Viva la DIY and up yours!
- I have a friend in the UK who knows TG desks very well and has worked on many of them and when I told him what was going on in my Chandler with the transformers, he was flabbergasted! If Wade wants to defend his company, I'd like to hear him defend that.
ruairioflaherty said:... Mr. EMI's children have bigger problems than some solder monkeys.
ruairioflaherty said:Look at the 33609 project, tons of "Me toos" and very few completed units.
matta said:Well Wade has a GOOD point...
I don't think it is fair to call this a TG whatever... it isn't, it might be an adaptation or even clone, but the TG-1 name is property of EMI.
I just don't get why many DIY'ers HAVE to try copy the looks/feel and even name of commercial designs... what does it achieve or prove? All it does is drag you into a very grey area and many times an ILLEGAL area... yes I 'clone', I build my own gear, I thinker, but I've NEVER put the name on a piece of gear I've built, be it part designation or brand... it just seems a low blow. The one exception is when I am RACKING modules that ARE made by X or Y company and not my own creation.
Part of the reason I do this is to be creative and come up with my own names and I'm proud to put the 'Ashton Audio' on gear and prouder to give it a cool distinctive look and feel, a costly one I might add, but well worth it!
Slapping TG whatever on your front panel isn't going to make it a Chandler or EMI clone, who are you REALLY trying to fool?
Cheers
Matt
fazeka said:Really trying to fool? No one!
Well, not that I do this (I don't have any brand other than my studio name on my panels), but if someone's building it for themselves with no intent of selling (ever), and it makes them happy, why shouldn't they? I don't think they're hurting anyone. Are they not free to do that?
matta said:I just don't get why many DIY'ers HAVE to try copy the looks/feel and even name of commercial designs... what does it achieve or prove?
Part of the reason I do this is to be creative and come up with my own names and I'm proud to put the 'Ashton Audio' on gear and prouder to give it a cool distinctive look and feel, a costly one I might add, but well worth it!
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