Shawn Brock -> RE: taking time away (Jun. 20 2012 22:12:33)
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Anders, I like the way you think. I have noticed in other cultures that people can argue and have heated discussions, and then just forget about it. Lots of us Americans tend to get our feelings hurt, or hold grudges to long. Lots of people see America as a promise land, but the culture is getting more complicated to live in every day. Stephen, Stephen,... Stephen, I also will be totally clear. Your work is great, your advice is great, and the contributions you make to the foro are also great. Some how I remember stating this more than once during my time on here... I wasn't lecturing against or pointing the finger at you. I have included myself in the number of people who can get out of hand at times. I didn't include you or anyone else specifically. If you felt that in some way my post above was making an example out of you, I beg your forgiveness, because that was never my intention. I for one just hate to see you go because you and another luthier disagree on the point of bridge placement, or because communications between us weren't the best that they could be. Your contributions have enriched myself and all members here and I wish you would stay around. Your an out of the box thinker, and we don't find those people everyday. You can fire me as a customer all you want, I'm cool with that. I had told someone over 2 weeks ago that we were hung up in lack of communication and I didn't know how it all was going to end. I committed to placing an order for a blanca on Monday with someone, so your public firing of me is a little late. We'll operate under the assumption that you fired me as a customer a few weeks ago and because of moving your shop and finishing guitars, you just hadn't had the time to inform me yet. That seems like a possibility, and I'll buy that if that's what your saying. After all I'm sure not the only guitar player in the world... You have a waiting list full of players, and most of them will be more helpful with spreading the word about your guitars than I could be. I'm sure Jason McGuire will love the new one your building him, and his playing it on gigs will also help grow your list. I'm not the player he is, and I never will be, so you'll always be better off with someone with his talents playing your guitars. So in short, no, you don't need my business. That is clear and I except it completely. Every gig I ever have played I worked just as hard if there were 10 listeners as I ever did for 10000 listeners. However I am willing to except just how many more skilled players are out there, and how their business is just flat out more important than mine. That's just a fact in life. So As I have already said more than once, I have no hard feelings with you at all. I hope that you'll except this as a public and sincere apology for what ever it was that I unknowingly did to you. If you want to air any other grievances, you can feel free to contact me, or keep it here on the foro if that's what you wish. *All remarks in this post are sincere and accurate to the best of my knowledge. The opinions expressed herein may not be shared/ or aren't necessarily a reflection of Foro Flamenco or its members. Many of the author's opinions on this subject are not demonstrated in this post.*
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