bovinehost
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I was thinking this would just die away and we'd all move on, mostly, but then there's this:
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Post this if you like - call me
"I have no desire or will I get involved with the current beef between MM and Dude. At this point I would like to say a few things about Dude.
I met Dude when he started carrying Lakland in 1999. I was impressed with his knowledge of the instrument – bass, and I mean all basses not just the ones he sells. A man who has this much hands on knowledge of the instruments and is willing to use it to help customers get what they need is extremely rare. Yes he is opinionated – most people who are great in their field are. The Pit has been an extremely great place for Lakland to get information out and handle customer inquiries. I don’t post because I don’t always watch the forum and I don’t want someone to ask a question (to me) and have it be missed. Most of the important questions that Dude hasn’t been able to answer (not many at all), he emails me directly and we take care of it. I’m amazed at how well he handles covering all these forums(not just mine).
Dude introduced me to Darkstars /Bi-Sonics, which will change the face of Lakland over the next decade. When I asked him about them – he had a sample out within a few days. He hooked me up with Fred Hammon. My point is that Dude has his ear to the market – he knows what’s going on. I did have a few other friends help with the Darkstar/Bi-Sonic situation (Chris Solberg for example) but Dude was the catalyst.
Steve has also introduced Lakland to the J-Retro preamp. This amazing product made by John East in England, really helps our customers go active if that's what they need. Again a break-through product recognized by the Dude first.
We (Lakland) have used the pit to pick colors for our line and get other opinions for features and they were instrumental with the design of our new Decade model…..I trust The Pit and Steve.
The Dude is a good man who has had some life setbacks in the past year, and in my mind, that can be and already are worked out.
I can’t stress this enough – knowledge at the retail level – at Dude’s level - is beyond rare and those of us that get to use his knowledge are privileged.
No one needs to know how he handles his business behind the scenes. That is his business – period.
Please keep your support for Dude strong, I need him – We all do!. Try not to get involved with all the crap that’s floating around. Just remember who’s know about basses – DUDE.
Dan Lakin
5/3/07
Anyone is welcome to email me at the address if you need further infomation."
I suppose since it says "post if if you like", I'm okay with posting it here.
Comments?
Jack
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 3 May 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Post this if you like - call me
"I have no desire or will I get involved with the current beef between MM and Dude. At this point I would like to say a few things about Dude.
I met Dude when he started carrying Lakland in 1999. I was impressed with his knowledge of the instrument – bass, and I mean all basses not just the ones he sells. A man who has this much hands on knowledge of the instruments and is willing to use it to help customers get what they need is extremely rare. Yes he is opinionated – most people who are great in their field are. The Pit has been an extremely great place for Lakland to get information out and handle customer inquiries. I don’t post because I don’t always watch the forum and I don’t want someone to ask a question (to me) and have it be missed. Most of the important questions that Dude hasn’t been able to answer (not many at all), he emails me directly and we take care of it. I’m amazed at how well he handles covering all these forums(not just mine).
Dude introduced me to Darkstars /Bi-Sonics, which will change the face of Lakland over the next decade. When I asked him about them – he had a sample out within a few days. He hooked me up with Fred Hammon. My point is that Dude has his ear to the market – he knows what’s going on. I did have a few other friends help with the Darkstar/Bi-Sonic situation (Chris Solberg for example) but Dude was the catalyst.
Steve has also introduced Lakland to the J-Retro preamp. This amazing product made by John East in England, really helps our customers go active if that's what they need. Again a break-through product recognized by the Dude first.
We (Lakland) have used the pit to pick colors for our line and get other opinions for features and they were instrumental with the design of our new Decade model…..I trust The Pit and Steve.
The Dude is a good man who has had some life setbacks in the past year, and in my mind, that can be and already are worked out.
I can’t stress this enough – knowledge at the retail level – at Dude’s level - is beyond rare and those of us that get to use his knowledge are privileged.
No one needs to know how he handles his business behind the scenes. That is his business – period.
Please keep your support for Dude strong, I need him – We all do!. Try not to get involved with all the crap that’s floating around. Just remember who’s know about basses – DUDE.
Dan Lakin
5/3/07
Anyone is welcome to email me at the address if you need further infomation."
I suppose since it says "post if if you like", I'm okay with posting it here.
Comments?
Jack
