Jack McGoldrick
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People make bad joke about turning it up to 11 but MY GOD
Abasi Concepts/Larada Megathread
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People make bad joke about turning it up to 11 but MY GOD
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StevenC
Needs a hobby
There's a movie about that I think
Señor Voorhees
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Don't get me wrong, I really am hoping for the best, but even the best case scenario for tosin looking for a lawer on facebook isn't good.
The silver lining is that they outright mentioned "refunds" to the orders they're planning on abandoning. It's not great, but I'm thinking (maybe hoping?) that the fact that they're going for an in-stock model and cancelling the initial orders and stating from the get go that they're refunding deposits is a bitter-sweet outcome. People might have to settle for something different/not get anything at all, but if people get their money back, then that's a great thing in my eyes. Certainly starting on a better foot than something like s7g who took people's money, lost their shit one way or another, then started taking new orders before fulfilling old ones as if tragedy absolves you from filling past commitments.
Abasi concepts still has room to make it right, but they're very much on shaky/disolving/disolved grounds, imo. I certainly won't be buying anything from them until they get on more sure grounds. (though, to be honest, I'm not in the market for guitars 2k+ anyway, so I'm likely to not buy anything regardless.) My broke ass has a hard time justifying anything over $1300 for anything "high end," and that's nothing compared to what most people consider high end.
The silver lining is that they outright mentioned "refunds" to the orders they're planning on abandoning. It's not great, but I'm thinking (maybe hoping?) that the fact that they're going for an in-stock model and cancelling the initial orders and stating from the get go that they're refunding deposits is a bitter-sweet outcome. People might have to settle for something different/not get anything at all, but if people get their money back, then that's a great thing in my eyes. Certainly starting on a better foot than something like s7g who took people's money, lost their shit one way or another, then started taking new orders before fulfilling old ones as if tragedy absolves you from filling past commitments.
Abasi concepts still has room to make it right, but they're very much on shaky/disolving/disolved grounds, imo. I certainly won't be buying anything from them until they get on more sure grounds. (though, to be honest, I'm not in the market for guitars 2k+ anyway, so I'm likely to not buy anything regardless.) My broke ass has a hard time justifying anything over $1300 for anything "high end," and that's nothing compared to what most people consider high end.
HeHasTheJazzHands
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I was wondering why Grover was doing more work for Dave Friedman than there was Abasi guitars being sent out.
I uh... Guess this explains why.
I uh... Guess this explains why.
wannabguitarist
Contributor
Jesus fucking Christ
"Yeah the individual my client is suing/getting sued by just posted on Facebook asking for a litigator. I'm feeling pretty good about this case."
jaxadam
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The best guitar companies are run by lawyers and hype men, not players.
I’m actually afraid of getting sued just for posting in this thread!
KnightBrolaire
Say yes to Chugs
he's still an accountant. Metal don't pay the bills yo
Actually he doesn't do that work anymore in a traditional sense, he just runs Solar Guitars and does YouTube now. Can't remember when however in an FAQ a while ago he mentioned he quit his day job at the company he worked for.
KnightBrolaire
Say yes to Chugs
HeHasTheJazzHands
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He said he planned on doing that, but eventually just quit doing it entirely. He said it timed perfectly with Chris Barnes asking him to join SFU.
But yeah, Ola did everything right with Solar Guitars. Plan everything before revealing shit.
Have the models already designed, have them built and ready to ship, have a release date ready, and THEN have the big reveal. Sell everything in batches to check for hype, and if they do well, THEN make them full production models.
diagrammatiks
Well-Known Member
+1
Doesn't even matter if it wasn't guitars, starting a company with less than $50k US capital on hand is fucking suicide.
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Based on that Bienstock thing, he could be representing Grover, Falbo, or Ibanez. It’s not like lawsuits move quickly, so who knows - it could be Ibanez going after Tosin. Bienstock did used to work for Hoshino/Ibanez....
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Cuz people like us keep giving them money. But, I am done with that. I’ve been fucked by small time luthiers too many times. Granted, it was all back years ago (in the BRJ era) but still.
Señor Voorhees
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Ola had also recently made a calling in to work joke in a recent faq, which amounted to him calling himself or some such.
Demiurge
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So, when a new builder takes over, do the serial numbers reset?
prlgmnr
...that kind of idea
All extant Laradas in the wild have serial number "000001"
cardinal
Buys guitars, sometimes plays them
All so sad. Beautiful design, whoever came up with it. Really sucks if it doesn't actually see the light of day because the business folks just can't sort it out.
Jack McGoldrick
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Anyone have the copy? What’s it like body shape wise?
