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“We're not making dragons. We can't absorb that. We couldn't eat that.”

Johnny Miller, at 12:09 of “Fender CEO Tells Mary Spender Why He's SUING My Friends” on Tim Pierce Guitar’s channel.

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1. 11:57 that we didn't send anything to the EU since that guitar world thing came up.
2. 12:03 Because when you see a note that says $15,000 per guitar,
3. 12:09 we're not making dragons. We can't absorb that. We couldn't eat that. So to answer your
4. 12:19 question simply, it didn't feel real. It feels real now, but it didn't back then. No, not at all.
5. 12:27 We had some friends that had some lawyer friends that also had firms in Germany,

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• The Creator Desk, week ending 25 September 2026