Stevek’s own words on TGP (boggydepot). Is he lying? I’ve done 3 deals with him and he’s been straight up every time.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/i...ughts-fortin-plagiarized-larry.1966770/page-4
And here is Larry’s response before he edits it. Notice he said the order was placed in 2015.
“I've begun with modding tube amps back in 1984, are designing & building my own tube amps since 1988, have introduced my very first DINO amp in Jan. of 1992 and since 1993 – already a quarter century – I'm also selling my amps to North America (USA & Canada).
About since the turn of the millennium every 2-nd to 3-th amp I'm building is going over the pond, either into the USA or to Canada. I don't want to mention a number, but there are meanwhile a lot of Larry amps over there.
The waiting time for an amp head after placing an order has creeped up from about one year at the beginning of the millennium to sometimes over two years and is currently at about 18 months. I must confess, that the agreed waiting time sometimes I've had to extend in the past due to unexpected incidents.
Basically I take 1/3 (33.3%) of the total by placing an order (some pay more or even full up-front, but I don't suggest this myself and don't expect it). But there's none (definitely N-O-N-E) among all those, who have ever ordered an amp from me and have payed their deposit in the past quarter century, which didn't get their amp after a more or less long waiting time – except those, which still are in my waiting loop.
There's only one exclusion in my waiting loop:
In 2015, now 3 years ago (not 5 or 6 years) I got an order for a DINO 939 from someone, living in North America, where a waiting time of 18 months has been agreed – correct.
But what I didn't know at that time and what I haven't expected is, that (among other business troubles) the design of my new flag ship DINO 962, which I've designed during 2016/2017 would turn out so extremely time consuming, that I've finally had to extend the waiting times of all customers on my waiting list.
To not disappoint the mentioned 'someone' too much now one year ago and after altogether 2 years waiting time, I've offered him my personal DINO 939 instead, which de facto has been a new amp, dust free w/o any scratch just with about 20 to 30 playing hours.
His reply was, in short, that things have changed a lot for him, that he first has to cure a serious health issue, that he has to start a round through several hospitals and hence isn't able to use any amp at the moment. There was no word about, that I should stick his deposit elsewhere.
I've told him my upright sorry for his situation, have sent him my best wishes for a hopefully quick convalescence and that he should get back to me, as soon as he's back on his feet again, so that I can put his order back in the line. But haven't heard back from him since then.
If this 'someone' is you, boggydepot, then please contact me via PM or email, instead of confusing people publicly and instead of scratching my reputation. Believe me, I'm an absolutely upright and fair person. Nobody is loosing money by doing business with me.
Larry”
