No, you're right, I cannot say with any degree of honesty that I have played on of your basses - But to my defense, I never said ANYTHING bad about your instruments. I even went so far as to say they could, and most likely are, very fine instruments.
I just know from reading previous threads that when it comes down to it in the past, rather than accept this for what it is - an opinionated community where not everyone will like everything - you've chosen to simply start threatening people with legal action because their opinion of you or your instrument is not ideal.
Now granted, on the grounds that if someone has never played one of your instruments and is therefore not qualified to speak, I agree with you whole heartedly. However, TalkBass is a public forum for discussion on basically everything under the sun concerning our passion/hobby/etc. and you've got to take anything posted here with a grain of salt because chances are, not everyone will agree, and not everyone will do their research before posting.
I think what you're doing is a fine way to get noticed, as a luthier or custom builder. Nino Valenti and Roger Sadowsky started much the same way, building basses off the shelf and giving them that extra something. However, public image is just as important as the product you offer, so in the future, don't go off bad mouthing honest members of this (massive) community. Instead, be humble, take it with a grain of salt, and use their criticism to better your product.
With so many members, someone, somewhere is always reading something, and the more people who get the first impression that you're not a nice man to work with, the less people may consider your product in the future. So far, I haven't seen anything lately that has been anything to be called any worse than borderline unacceptable, but a bad public image stays often longer than a good one.
That's all I've got to say is that, while you may offer a fine product, your attitude here and other places may lose you more customers than it may net.
