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I cannot remember (or even find via a search of my own posts) any posts that were in any way personal to anyone except that those members that prefer to get personally offended instead of considering that I may be referring to a group of people. Nor have I AFAIK ever referred to any specific person or even persons as stupid or any similar comment. I HAVE however referred to their actions and statements as such, directly and without any obscure words that could mislead someone to think I´m talking about them and not about the stupid things they do.
If people cannot understand that there is a difference between talking about someone or what they have done and talking to someone, then I am most definitely not the kind of person you guys want hanging around for any extended peroid of time, because my loathing for dumb people and their actions only grows with each passing day. Meaning that ever more people will inevitably feel I´m attacking them personally as a direct result, and as much as it may hurt some members to hear this: None of you are worth that kind of effort to me. Meaning also that a clarifying post such as this one will likely not become a regular occurence, as that´s almost as much work.
Either way: Unlike any of us, Warmoth, USACG, Frankenstraat, who cares, JCMI had access to the ORIGINAL Frankie as well as EVH during all stages of this project, as well as being building guitars longer than most of us have been playing. Anybody that believes that "you" (meaning anybody in the world) can make a better REPLICA (Re All: Please look this word up in a dictionary if you still do not understand what it means) with almost no experience in comparison, and just from looking at pictures, at a much lower cost, without EVER seeing the product they´re competing with..... Well, IMO these people are, at the least, highly misguided and /or not fully congizant that there is a world outside of their own fantasies.
Part of what really "pisses me off" as some would refer to it is that people will shell out 2k for a Knockoff "replica" of a ´59LP, and another 3k for a relatively simple relic job, but when something like this comes up the whole thing is worth 500$ at the very best, and even that only because of inflation. If that´s a joke, then someone seriously needs to think of a better one, because it´s not only not funny but also the ultimate insult to the entire luthierie trade. It says almost literally "Any randomly slapped together parts guitar will be an iconic instrument that thousands of people would give their left nut for just to touch"
