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Newsgroups: alt.music.saxophone
Date: 2004-01-11 19:30:40 PST 
  
kwbradbury@... says...
> Are all the Laser Cut Guadalas hand finished by DG?
> 

NO!!!!!!!!

They are completely machine finished. But they are the best machine 
made 
models out there, by far. The last ones were made without our 
supervision. Those are the ones at W&B , not in other places. Look 
for a 
new series in the next six months or so, under my personal supervision
(And Dave's too) as I am back with Dave after a year apart.

Certain differences in opinion have to be overcome to preserve a 
unique 
partnership.  Fortunately the circumstances not under our control are 
not valid anymore

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I've measured up 2 Laser Cuts.  One was superb, one was not.  I would 
suspect the unsupervised WW&BW ones might have minor problems like 
most factory made pieces.  But I do not know that for sure.

More info:

> From someone auctioning a Laser Trimmed on eBay:
> **>It's says on my lazer trimmed box "Custom made and hand finished 
in the
> USA".  So I don't know why they even have that on the packaging if 
it
> is not true. <**
> 
> My guess is DG was just using up boxes in stock.  But I'm just
> speculating.  What's the reason?
> 

That was put on by the sponser of this deal. I tried to have new 
boxes made but the sponser refused. One of the reasons I killed the 
relationship. It cost me alot of money to kill it. The last 1000( as 
per the disillusion agreement) were made without Dave's or my 
supervision.

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