Tim Pierce Guitar

Week ending 25 September 2026

At the desk

• In "Fender CEO Tells Mary Spender Why He's SUING My Friends", the friends are LSL Guitars, which builds about 450 guitars a year and has launched a fundraiser for legal fees. Business director Johnny Miller says Fender's letters threatened €15,000 per guitar and demanded inventory be destroyed.
• Tim Pierce: "I believe Fender venue shopped for this, which is smart business. I would have done the same thing." Also: "A lot of the guitars they make are mediocre. They're just not good enough for me to use."

Beefin’

• Cordy and Tim Pierce vs Fender, heat 3/5

Said

• 2:49 “It's not the law that got out ahead of them. A corporation is made up of invisible people that don't have to take responsibility or blame for anything.”
• 9:45 “A lot of the guitars they make are mediocre. They're just not good enough for me to use.”
• 3:15 “I believe Fender venue shopped for this, which is smart business. I would have done the same thing. But it's uncontested, and it's a decision. It's not the law. Somebody at Fender saw the bird and bird cease and desist and got excited.”