Got a big question on cigar box amps.  A pawn shop I visited last week had several small guitar amps, originally they were selling them for $50 but has had them there so long he has dropped the price down to $20 and there are 3 there, great deal.

My question is, I want to take those apart and put them in cigar boxes, easy enough, I've did it to the last one I made.  So at craft show and other events I have some amps to go with the cbgs.  But legal question is, if I put them in a cigar box can I legally sell those without getting in trouble since it is other companies parts etc?

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Yes. Rebuilding an item you purchased into a package of your own design is no more than selling used merchandise. Gitty, Guitar Fuel, and others sell components to construct your own amps. They come in a box. Your components also came in a box.  Assemble your parts into a CB and let 'er rip.

Just to add ... You could get in trouble copying the design, but what you are actually doing is buying their product and "Rebranding it".
Not a lawyer, but I play one on the Internet . . . Oh... Wait...

If you don't sell them as "new". Maybe marked as made from new and used components...

thanks everyone for the input.  Off to making some cigar box amps then.

Use the guts, but not the badge

As long as you do not create a condition where "the consumer is misled into believeing that the item in question is an official or licensed product of the originating company" you are 100% fine to use reclaimed/recycled/salvaged/post-consumer parts.

I too can be an internet lawyer ... Yes, yes you could call it a fender amp and get away with it. Someone sued Kellogs because Fruit Loops had no fruit in it. They lost. The judge figured anyone with common sense would realize that there was no fruit in it. Same here. Anyone with any sense would realize it is a fender amp, not a "Fender" amp ... They are not the same.

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