several months back, packfan and i were talking, as we did weekly. he mentioned to me that i needed to get on frank's list, for one of his trumpets. personally, i wasn't too concerned about doing so and told him as much. i knew frank made a good trumpet, but i wasn't looking to get one. fast forward a few weeks and while pack and i are talking, he mentions that he put my name on the list. again, i mention that i was not looking to get a call from frank, but he said it was a gift and that i owed him nothing in return. just as mkw had done, i tried to decline, but as we were friends, he wouldn't have what i was saying.
at any rate, he asked what wood combination etc. i wanted and i told him- cocobola with a silver ferrule and ivory mouthpiece. so it was settled and when it was ready, which was to be late summer, i would get the call. low and behold and some of you aren't going to believe this, but frank had a falling out with someone...just so happens it was with packfan. knowing that my name would most certainly be erased off the list, i sent frank a pm asking him if the call was about ready and he essentially told me that i was not getting a call, at least not as a gift. if i wanted a call, i would need to call him and then be put on the list, just not where i had been.
this call is exactly as the one that was originally ordered. the call didn't come directly from lucifer, but from a much less sinister character, that being packfan. thanks again for the call, scott.
