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Well, Strandburg probably has some thoughts on why they dislike China.

• cpursley 4y ago
  This builder creates their own unique design. And Strandburg used to open source their designs: https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/3lb8pm/strandberg_guitars_open_source_licenses_one_of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/3lb8pm/strandbe...
  • fbdab103 4y ago
    That reddit link reaches out to a page [0] that puts the license as CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, meaning non-commercial. Looking at the updated strandberg site[1] and some Ali clones, they look identical[2]. Maybe there are tweaks to the design, but it sure looks like the IP has been lifted entirely. [0] https://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/ https://guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com/ [1] https://strandbergguitars.com/ https://strandbergguitars.com/ [2] https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-headless-guitar.html https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-headless-guitar.html
    • cpursley 4y ago
      The only similarity is that they are headless. The NKs are a pretty different body carve now.