[quote name='MoJoKe' post='1093025' date='Jan 17 2011, 08:05 PM']So this who Ibanez stole the design for the Ergodyne EDA 900 from!!
Almost identical! Not quite in the same class though!![/quote]
Yes, although I would call it an economic 'evolution' born out of necessity rather than any kind of appropriation you're suggesting. There were only around a thousand of the original hand-crafted wooden ones made around the Spuler design (like mine). All featured exotic, expensive woods, quality parts and took longer than usual to make because of the carving and set neck. I understand they became too expensive to be viable and the Ergodyne, to which you refer, was meant as a cheap, luthite replacement. The originals are in big demand and have become collectable.