Goodbye day-job!

>Well, if you cut a Fritz Novak fanned fretboard, (a 12tet system where the
>bass strings are longer than the trebble ones) you have to pay him $75. I
>saw him, and a bunch of Luthiers who paid it at a convention a few months
>ago in California. That's what patents are all about.

I thought that's what copyrights were about, patents granting one the sole
right to manufacture.

>I believe that Catler and Lucy have similar arrangements.

That's priceless! Good luck, boys! See you in St. Lois!

-Carl