Mark IV Clone - PICS

[Vigo1999]

Hey BB fellas, morning!!

my amp tech is building a Mk IV clone, so far is like that:

wrong link guys, sorry . . .

 

[adam02]

btw you can't link us into your hotmail account or your hotmail inbox. just a heads up.

 

[Vigo1999]

btw you can't link us into your hotmail account or your hotmail inbox. just a heads up.

yeah, just now i realized that the link he gave me open direct on my hotmail account

im trying to post it at photobucket, but the firewall here at work isnt allowing me to do so, maybe i have to do that at home at night . . . :?

 

[Russ]

Clone?

Really?

 

[Aart]

If you mail the pics to me ill put em up.

aart . slx @ gmail . com

Without spaces

 

[Vigo1999]

If you mail the pics to me ill put em up.

aart . slx @ gmail . com

Without spaces

Heyy Aart, my brother! thank you!! just send you the pic ok?? post it here please 8)

tkcr!

G.

 

[Aart]

Here you are:

For a large pic.

Looks good.

How much does it cost you?

 

[4nkam]

That's pretty sweet!

 

[Vigo1999]

Here you are:

[Looks good.

How much does it cost you?

yeah, ive think it's pretty good too.

actually this isnt for me, he just send me to check her out, ive already asked how much will be one of those babies, but he didnt replied me yet . . . but im guessing around 800-1000usd.

ive especially liked the white chicken head knobs, sweet! 8)

 

[Vigo1999]

That's pretty sweet!

Hey MJ!! what's up bro???

yeah, she is pretty isnt she??, im waiting to test drive her when he finish up the job . . . and the guy's work is incredible!!

 

[Schmoog]

900 - 1000 USD??!??!?!?!?!?!?!

can you give me his phone number. sign me up. I want one.

 

[Bullen]

Wow! That looks really cool!

 

[Schmoog]

I'm serious man. If hes only charging like 800-1000 USD for it, maybe I can get you to have him make one and ship it to me in the US

 

[Restless Rocks]

Looks real cool but you guys do realize that Uncle Mesa could have some issues with copyright infringement! I'm sure there have been lots of mesa clones made but to reproduce them commercially is just a bit ah shall we say .............. tricky.

 

[Aart]

Looks real cool but you guys do realize that Uncle Mesa could have some issues with copyright infringement! I'm sure there have been lots of mesa clones made but to reproduce them commercially is just a bit ah shall we say .............. tricky.

+1

commercially producing them for mass production is copyright infringement.

 

[Schmoog]

I don't think he is mass producing these per se. seems like he is just making 1. and its by request of a customer

 

[Boogiebabies]

There is no copyright on the amp or registered trademark.
The amps name is the mark ( Le Marc) by Pedrone, not MK IV by Mesa Boogie. The term Mark is not a registered trademark by Mesa, because they were not the first and only to use it. Hell, I've seen it on vans. Since there is no use of Mesa, Boogie or Simul-Class it's fine.
If there were a patent, it has expired anyway, but Mesa does own a trademark on the term Simul-Class. All the old Simul and Cascading gain patents have expired.

 

[mxr2000]

Le Marc?owns a website o e-mail adress? I would love to get in contact whit him.. He do this in the USA?

 

[Aart]

There is no copyright on the amp or registered trademark.
The amps name is the mark ( Le Marc) by Pedrone, not MK IV by Mesa Boogie. The term Mark is not a registered trademark by Mesa, because they were not the first and only to use it. Hell, I've seen it on vans. Since there is no use of Mesa, Boogie or Simul-Class it's fine.
If there were a patent, it has expired anyway, but Mesa does own a trademark on the term Simul-Class. All the old Simul and Cascading gain patents have expired.

OK, didn't know that.

Thinking it was from 89 +20 years I thought it would expire in 2009...

But it was patented before then I guess.

 

[Schmoog]

correct me if I'm wrong, but simul class came into being with the mark II yea? so thats what, 80? 81? somewhere around there. so the patent on simul class has since expired. the PCB may be copyrighted, but I am guessing that this guy is wiring the whole thing PTP, so that gets around that issue