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Mr Light
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My guess would be because MusicMan had already established a name for itself under Leo Fender and Co. Simple marketing decision.
Most likely the same reason why CBS didn't change Fender Musical Instruments to CBS Musical Instruments. There was no second guessing when one heard or saw the name Fender.
Most likely the same reason why CBS didn't change Fender Musical Instruments to CBS Musical Instruments. There was no second guessing when one heard or saw the name Fender.
TSanders
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Im with Mr.Light. Its just too much trouble all around.
Just the same reson fender didnt change SWRs name, and so on.
Just the same reson fender didnt change SWRs name, and so on.
Mr Light said:My guess would be because MusicMan had already established a name for itself under Leo Fender and Co. Simple marketing decision.
Most likely the same reason why CBS didn't change Fender Musical Instruments to CBS Musical Instruments. There was no second guessing when one heard or saw the name Fender.
Points taken. I guess what I was wondering about was why both Ernie Ball and MusicMan appear in the instrument names. CBS left Fender under its own name, and Fender did the same for SWR (It's a Fender P-Bass, not the CBS Fender P-Bass). I didn't know anything about EB/MM when I bought my Bongo, and remember getting confused about the company name (Is it Ernie Ball, or is it MusicMan...or is it - God forgive me I'm ignorant - the Ernie Ball Signature series of MusicMan instruments?)
Well, in any case, I guess it don't matter, cause I know who owns who now, and also, it wasn't the name that sold me on the bass.
Mr Light
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...Ernie Ball was orignally just a string making company who acquired MusicMan after MusicMan went up for sale.
'Cause they knew the ones that said "Ernie Ball" on them would be top-quality instruments with excellent support; and there was a need to differentiate them thusly from the old Music Man line. No need to apologize for someone else's different concept of engineering and quality control.
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I am full of it, BTW.
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I am full of it, BTW.
Mr Light
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Oldtoe said:
...Ah yes, Happy New Year to you!
strummer
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limitk7 said:
On the Bongo they're not: It just says
Bongo
MusicMan
strummer said:
I am an idiot...I completely missed that, and also the small print on the back of the headstock that says "MusicMan, a division of Ernie Ball." Oh sheesh, I've owned this bass for five months now.
This year I resolve to be less ignorant
AnthonyD
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I've heard it said that "ignorance is bliss"...
