>>Interesting that A.J. Thramer had second thoughts about the "replica rod business." I wonder what was the nature of those second thoughts. Maybe it's like being a great musician who plays in a tribute band. If you're good enough to sound just like Jimi Hendrix, then at some point you're going to growl with frustration, "Hey! I'm also good enough to sound just like ME!"<<

In the context of our discussion, I interpreted his remarks as stating his belief that he didn't like too many tapers better than his own. I htink he felt the relative success of his Classic Taper Series kept him from doing more development and refinement on his own tapers. Tought o quarrel with success of course.

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