Music Ground - they're at it again...

[bigdawg]

if these pics are what they seem to be theyve got a lot of explaining to do......again.....

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/....php?t=2680027

At least theyre not Marshalls this time....

[mattbanshee]

How comes they're not being sued then?

[bigdawg]

I wish I knew even how they are still trading, but if you google musicground fakes youll have couple of days reading on your hands...

[loverocker]

How comes they're not being sued then?

Good question. I know that when caught out, they require the victim to agree not to disclose the fakery details before they get their money back. A good friend of mine (in Europe) was conned, and I really wanted to help him go after MG via Trading Standards, but he just wanted to get his money back and get on.

By the way, if you ever see a vintage Marshall combo or speaker cab with brown pinstripe grille cloth (like the one MG had on their stand at the Veenendal show a few years back), be especially suspicious.

[HeartfeltDawn]

As I've just posted on HCFX...

One of the pictures below sparks the interest:





if you look closely at the grey filing box in the top left, there's three words written then. One of those words is 'JMI' ie. the name owned by Music Ground. Coincidental? :thu:

[MrMenturm]

I don't see JMI anywhere.... I'm either blind, or not looking in the right place!

[Jeztone]

I've met a guy who claims he built most of the 50's and 60's Strats thney sold in the late 80's. He might be lying, but he said he had originals to work from.

[bigdawg]

on the box in the background...

[MrMenturm]

That's mad! At work on the monitor there I couldn't see any writing, at home I can though! Guess my colours are bonerd!

[darcym]

Alex Dumble pretty full on and protects his amps/brand/name VERY strongly, if he saw this I'd put a lot of money that he'd go to the ends of the earth to sort these fakes out.

People selling fakes disgust me, if you've got a product thats good, use your own name, don't pretend to be someone else.

There is a dumble clone called a "brown box" or "brown sugar", something like that, it's really really good and it trades on being the same voicing as dumble, but clearly states it's based on, but not a dumble.

Thats how it should be, open an honest, you know exactly where this amp and it's builder are coming from.