Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I'll keep an eye out. My friend Michael who started at Fender/Schecter decided to move on and also works for a smaller mom and pop setup. I think there is alot more attention to details and subtle changes that sometimes make me prefer the smaller companies. That and they tend to have much smaller egos that need to be stroked. I'll see every square inch before i'm done so i'll keep an eye out. Its amazing all the free swag they hand out every year. Its literally went all the way to a billion dollar industry in short form. Do you know Plankton? No I don't do much deep sea diving.