I don't necessarily worry about people that are gone for a month or whatever. I, myself, post mainly on the weekends and/or on days off, and I'm one of the founders of this forum
. Is it possible that we'll get people that openly shill a particular brand? Yup. I only care if it leads to a conversation that goes nowhere.
Also, as I noted, this is mainly a "student" brand. I'd expect at least one review in the form of what you mentioned, BSG. I've posted stupid things, too. Also, ATM, I'm posting while under the influence of two different (prescription) pain killers, so you can expect my posts to be wonky every now and then
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I've seen a bunch of videos on
Michael Lowenstern's (IIRC, recommended by Gandalfe. Thanks, Jim!) YouTube channel and he has a
video on extra cheap clarinets. As I haven't played clarinet in over 10 years, I try to listen to the advice of people that know. If a Grammy-winning former professor with a PhD says a clarinet is bad, I'm going to listen to him.