Don't Hold Your Breath...

There is nothing new in the world. I just got done chopping a tele bridge, so I could use another pickup (other than the usual Telecaster bridge pickup) on the guitar. I thought I might have stumbled onto something totally new and original... heck, maybe there would even be some way to one day do it for other musicians. My neighbor is the one who mentioned that nothing is new in the world. He also mentioned that if you take a Cadillac and customize it... and call it a Schmaddilac, it is really still a Cadillac. You can't go around and sell Schmadillacs to people. OK... you make your Caddie look fantastic.. maybe you chop the roof and add one of those searchlights on the drivers side... you know, the ones cops had on their cruisers in the fifties... the ones you can turn on and direct from inside the car. Maybe you hang some curtains inside all the windows, with those little pom-poms on them... And add a baby Jesus on the dash. It's still a Cadillac. Can you market it, and sell it as something else, to other people? Well... you can't patent it or trademark it... but maybe your neighbor suddenly wants you to Schmaddilac his Cadillac for him too... and then another guy in the next town sees one of your Schmaddie's, and he wants you to do one for him too... maybe yet another guy in another town starts making them (to compete with you)... but his aren't as good as the ones you're turning out... so you are up to your ears in orders for Schmaddie's...and making a living at it... maybe... just maybe......but don't hold your breath.