Question for BP regarding the Ibanez ATK

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

BP,

Was reading an issue of Bass Player and they did a review of the Ibanez ATK, saying, "The ATK’s obvious hereditary influence is the Music Man StingRay".

It goes on to talk about "The ATK also inherited another StingRay trait, the trussrod-adjustment wheel at the neck joint"

Is this of any concern to you guys, or is the neck joint trussrod wheel not a patented type of thing?

I mean I've seen neck joint trussrod adjusters, which appear to be just like the ones at the head of the bass. You stick an allen wrench in and turn it, but this one appears to be a close copy of yours. More like the tinker toy thing at the end that you can stick whatever you want (within reason) into and turn.

Anyway, just curious how concerned you get when people borrow your ideas to make their brand of bass better.

Thanks for any insight.

Oh yeah, here's the review online...
Bass Player - Ibanez ATK

 

[Big Poppa]

imitation is the most sincere form of flattery..those rat bastards

 

[Baird]

imitation is the most sincere form of flattery..those rat bastards

BP,

You should sue them, but just for tarnishing the image of the EBMM brand by them saying MM inspired this monstrosity!

If they copied a MM bass, why does the ATK look like a snow shovel?

Take a look at one of the baby blue ones..... could be one of the ugliest basses I have ever seen.

 

[oddjob]

If they copied a MM bass, why does the ATK look like a snow shovel?

Never thought of that, but now that you mention it...

 

[tkarter]

I giggled at the rat bastards thing.

Why should BP spend money fighting rat bastards when all they took was the wheel idea?

Now when Ibanez creates a bongo copy...... time to posion the rats.

tk

 

[Musicman Nut]

BP,

Was reading an issue of Bass Player and they did a review of the Ibanez ATK, saying, "The ATK’s obvious hereditary influence is the Music Man StingRay".

It goes on to talk about "The ATK also inherited another StingRay trait, the trussrod-adjustment wheel at the neck joint"

Is this of any concern to you guys, or is the neck joint trussrod wheel not a patented type of thing?

I mean I've seen neck joint trussrod adjusters, which appear to be just like the ones at the head of the bass. You stick an allen wrench in and turn it, but this one appears to be a close copy of yours. More like the tinker toy thing at the end that you can stick whatever you want (within reason) into and turn.

Anyway, just curious how concerned you get when people borrow your ideas to make their brand of bass better.

Thanks for any insight.

Oh yeah, here's the review online...
Bass Player - Ibanez ATK

Some songs sound the same, some even have the same changes just different words, EB may not be the first for the truss rod wheel, but they just made the idea work, if you now noticed, Everyone copies Ernie Balls design on the wheel, but I've yet too see them master it like EB has, It's not aLL ABOUT THE LOOK. It's about the mechanics of how it works which makes it the Best on the market.
Like there's a Million String Winders out there but only one fits 99% of everything.

 

[bovinehost]

Exactly! There are a million cop shows, but only one has Erik Estrada on a motorcycle.

 

[oddjob]

Exactly! There are a million cop shows, but only one has Erik Estrada on a motorcycle.

Image I've been trying to forget about... thanks, Jack!