🔗: Fender Bender (Flaming Hydra)

🔗: Fender Bender | Misha Angrist (Flaming Hydra) I was not aware that Fender was scorching the earth and their reputation in court right now. Or more accurately, the private equity company that bought Fender is tanking their asset and 80 years of goodwill. On the Stratocaster: It will look like the future and the present and the past. It will be contoured, curvy, sexy. Indeed, a German court will in time contend that its shape evokes “a female torso,” “a tilted pelvis,” and “a dancer.” Their current strategy: German victory in hand, launch a fusillade of cease-and-desist letters to anyone making anything that looks remotely like your crown jewel. Tell those scoundrels it’s not enough to withdraw their wares from the marketplace—they’ll need to actually destroy their inventory. You’ll need to see the charred remains. Summary of the CEO’s non-statement statement: Deep into his word salad, he will also concede that, yeah, private equity is involved—what did anyone expect? As an added…