Talk Bass Thread Soap Opera.. lol

[Michele Caramazza]

Yeah, threads like that should be deleted. Not because of the subject but because one of the actors isn't allowed to chime in expressing his point of view, and he also got potential damage to his own business by it.
Personally, I pay to this stuff the same attention I could pay to those magazines on the stand while you're sitting at your barber shop waiting for an haircut. But that's just me, a person that doesn't make his own opinions based on second hand experiences (expecially those vented on the internet), and I could totally see how this bad blood could turn many people away from Ken's basses. And that's a shame.

[Hajime Hirose]

I already know you for very long time and it is a part of my life.
I believe you only tell truth. Of course, if people look from another side, they look difference. But it is truth, as well.
And you teach me so many things (of course, you don't tell so many things by words, but I feel or study in myself), you never tell lie for me and people I know, this is most important thing. I always reflect this attitude for my customers.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Hajime Hirose

I already know you for very long time and it is a part of my life.
I believe you only tell truth. Of course, if people look from another side, they look difference. But it is truth, as well.
And you teach me so many things (of course, you don't tell so many things by words, but I feel or study in myself), you never tell lie for me and people I know, this is most important thing. I always reflect this attitude for my customers.

Thank you Hajime. That means a lot to me. When I was in Japan in 1989 staying with the head or Morris Guitars and MMI distribution, Toshio Moridiara, he too taught me many many things. Being my senior by many years and having played Golf with him many times I learned about patience in business with others but, I heard him scream at someone on the phone once when they didn't get my sample Burner bass ready in time a few days before I was to fly to Japan. The Bass sample WAS ready when I arrived though! So, one has to be a Gentle Giant sometimes and other times, just the Giant.