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|You also might try any Mars location. They all carry the Echoplex. >Mars is a music store chain here in the US. They have a web site. <www.marsmusic.com >. They do international sales. They may not be able to order one from Oberheim at this time but I know that they carry them at all their locations (about 20 of them) and they could transfer one from one of their locations to sell to you. >murff > >>| >Dude, just try http://www.8thstreet.com; I'm sure they sell worldwide. >>| They have it. I just bought one from them. >>| > >>| >| -----Original Message----- >>| >| From: Serge Devadder [mailto:serge.devadder@planetinternet.be] >>| >| Sent: Saturday 12 September 1998 3:40 PM >>| >| To: 'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com' >>| >| Subject: Echoplex in Belgium? 2nd try >>| >| >>| >| >>| >| Hello loopers, >>| >| >>| >| Since I didn t find my mail in the digest, I post it a second >>| >| time with some additions: >>| >| >>| >| After reading about the Echoplex in the Looper's pages, I really >>| >| wanted such a thing. But after a few weeks hunting in Belgian >>| >| music-shops around Brussels and Antwerp, I have come to believe >>| >| the EDP is like the Loch Ness monster: it's picture is on the >>| >| web, everybody's talking about it, but does it really exist...??? >>| >| No one sells it. >>| >| >>| >| As soon as I mention the word Oberheim, vendors get this worried >>| >| expression on their face. Many complain about Oberheim service >>| >| and refuse to list the stuff. Like Claude Lassonde in Montreal, I >>| >| was told the story that Oberheim no longer lists the EDP. >>| >| Moreover Oberheim seems to have a peculiar idea of customer >>| >| service. None of my mails get answered, and the Echoplex-page is >>| >| indeed still on the Gibson website. I do not know of many >>| >| succesful companies that ignore requests saying "I like your >>| >| product! I want it! I need it! Please, please sell it to me!". >>| >| Those that do so, end up in Dilbert cartoons. >>| >| >>| >| In any case I am surprised at how few looping devices are >>| >| available. With all those experimental musicians outthere who >>| >| worship Fripp, how come you need to kill for a JamMan or EDP? Not >>| >| everyone can afford a TC Electronics box, and judging by the >>| >| stories I hear, even the smallest shops get 2-3 requests for >>| >| looping devices every week. There's a market out there but nobody >>| >| seems to want it... >>| >| >>| >| Since I first tried to post this last week, I've seen that even >>| >| in sunny California finding an EDP is not a sinecure. Does any >>| >| European looper know of a distributor for the EDP in a city near >>| >| Brussels (Paris? Amsterdam? Cologne? London?...). Thanks! >>| >| >>| >| Serge Devadder >>| >| Brussel, Belgium >>| >| serge.devadder@planetinternet.be >>| >| >>| >| >>| >>|