Timeline entry
Guitar World readers react to Fender’s cease-and-desist strategy and its market impact
Reader reactions framed the dispute as more than brand law: a question of market diversity, smaller builders and practical choice for players.
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Timeline context
This note is one entry in the AltGuitar Legal Timeline — a chronological record of the Fender-style guitar-shape dispute, court rulings, cease-and-desist reports and market reactions. See the full timeline for the surrounding context.
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