[Jim Lutz]

Awesome story. Unbelievable ending. Epic. Congratulations on the new axe. Wish I was going to be around the end of the month to meet you here. Your patience in overwhelming.

Now....for my two cents worth.

It sounds like you are going to pursue Jay for some sort of closure/compensation. Excellent. That is EXACTLY the right thing.
People who do that sort of business keep going because a majority of people are "nice guys" and nice guys don't ever make trouble. They "chalk it up" and move on. Well, IMHO when someone clearly is in the wrong, they MUST be called on it. That is the way change happens. I doubt him being successfully challenged by you will cause him any enlightenment as a human, because as a good friend of mine says - 'don't expect a snake to be anything other than a snake'. But by successfully challenging him you are acting as a cog in the karma wheel and you will have an effect. Eventually, that business will either change for the better, or go away. Either way we all win.
Good luck, and like Joel would say, don't just play that guitar, PLAY THE HELL OUT OF IT!

Congrats again man.