It seems to me that Paul is also ignoring the free publicity he's gotten from all this. I wonder how many people who read through that TGP thread and had never even heard of the Timmy may end up buying one, for whatever reason. Also, the "can't feed my family" comment rings a bit hollow to me, given that he has a months-long waiting list. As long as Danelectro has agreed to change the circuit (which I give them a lot of credit for doing, since there is apparently no reason that they need to do so, from a legality standpoint), I really wonder if this will hurt him at all. Until his waiting list drops to zero, he hasn't actually lost a single sale--he's selling everything he can make, until that point is reached.