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estebanana
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to guthriej)
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Estebanana, I am not the owner or even an employee yet. Bone is a huge problem tone, volume distortion etc., (string gouging not so much on nylons). I have said over, and over it is pyrolytic carbon, and it is not proprietary at all. Same carbon used in Mechanical heart valves too. People pay for tone, and have to hear this first I understand that too. We have put saddles on a trash guitars, and they were respectable guitars after. Name any other product that can do that No problem at all to lower the height you just need 320, and then 600 grit silicone carbide sandpaper, and bone saddles on a steel string wear out, or need repair in about 6 months to a year if You play it. Yea bone is a prefect scam for luthier's too You are right about that. You are just ignorant nothing to be ashamed of but You will learn, and you will have to live with Your post forever too. Wow ok, First of all can you clarify for all us Foro members your true and valid affiliation with this company? You state you are not the owner or an employee, yet you speak as if you are directly involved. Second, yeah my posts will stand against yours as the common sense stance as to why guitars are working fine without these saddles. You are spewing out a lot of misinformation about what is real and what is not real. You also don't seem to have a grasp of what flamenco guitar making is all about. You also tell an untruth when you said a saddle will wear out in six months and refer to saddle setup as a luthiers way of ripping off customers. I read through al your jive and I can't fathom how a person as whacky as you could run a company, so I assume you are blowing smoke. I could go on, but I won't l waste your R&D time so get your Nutty Professor coat on and go back to the lab nutter. What is it Yogi Bera said: It feels like Ruben deja vu all over again.
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Date Mar. 27 2014 4:26:14
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estebanana
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to guthriej)
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Estebanana, You are an ignoramus period, and everyone reading your post already know it. You get what You pay for. VW makes great cars but You do not get Get Ferrari performance with a VW. Bone is going to go the way of the flat Earth society. Awesome, Because I'm ready to sail off the edge of the world just like Cortez' and Lief Erikson. SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAMMITY SPAM OH WONDERFUL SPAM! SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAMMITY SPAM OH WONDERFUL SPAM! SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAMMITY SPAM OH WONDERFUL SPAM!
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Date Mar. 27 2014 11:57:06
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estebanana
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RE: black diamond saddles (in reply to guitarbuddha)
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Peter there are two types of gizmos. Ones which solve previously identified problems and those which do not. In the former case value can be estimated given a rational assessment of the depreciation caused by the failure of the original. In the latter value is simply a function of the percieved desirabiltiy of the gizmo itself. This is personal. I do not watch QVC nor do I have spinning rims. Similarly I find no value in your 'argument' depending as it does on an expensive leap of faith to solve a non problem. Your attempt at rebuttal,above, clearly proved my point. This is increasingly the standard around here. Which brings me to my next point, we are not short of fools so your presence, like your product, is surplus to requirements. D. It must be so easy for you to say that after I stood up and put it on the firing line. I articulated the reasons for being cautious, going slow and being skeptical. Then you say I'm dim witted and use a dull axe. Hmm, well speak away oh great Buddha now that I've hewn a path through the forest for your holy feet to walk upon. ____________ Peter, The burden of proof is on the company and the product, not the prospective buyer. If you or the fellow who claims to represent the company had done the professional move, which would have been to write me a personal email and say something to the effect of: ______________________________________________________ Dear Stephen, You're skepticism is healthy given the quantity of unnecessary products flooding the guitar market place, but we would really ask you to try out our saddle with an open mind. If you have any questions about the technical specs of the product or how work with it practically in the shop we are ready to correspond with you. We realize the price is high, and this may inhibit you and others from initially from sampling the product. We feel the cost reciprocity of a bone saddle vs. a Black Diamond Saddle's lowered costs of fewer installations show the product to be cost effective over time. It is our hope you will remain open minded and try the saddle to see if you may come to agree with our assessment. Sincerely, Rose Selavy Public Relations Officer / Obbligato LLC. ________________________________________________________ See they should hire me to promote the product and BE NICE to prospective buyers. If they had approached me this way I might be wiling to talk. If I were say, an architect, and some company wanted to sell me on a new brand of structural fastener that cost more than ten times the cost of Simpson Strong ties I've used for years, and the product had no track record and insufficient testing by teams of disinterested engineers, would I buy it? I doubt it. Why should I not take my professional responsibilities to the customer and vetting the products I choose as seriously as a lawyer, doctor or architect? There is no reason, and if you ask the top, top luthiers I bet they would agree; why use unvetted products just because someone is twisting your arm to use them ?The way to get me to try something is not to insult my intelligence because I make a case for being careful and conservative.
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Date Mar. 27 2014 23:37:49
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