RE: black face EDP pricing (foot controller)

["Andy Ewen" <andy.ewen@btinternet.com>]

Well, you definitely spoke to the right guy. Gil Pini is a top bloke and
has been involved in Echoplex sales for years. There is still confusion
as some of the shops have ordered EDPs without Footcontrollers and
Gibson are indeed going to unpack them and take the F/Ss out. I spoke to
Clive @ Gibson UK today and he has asked that I supply them with empty
boxes for re-packing the F/Ss, so my flippant comment below turns out to
be close to the truth!

Official MSRP for the Echoplex+ is $1300 and the Footcontroller is $165.
However these are 'A' list products and should be heavily discounted in
stores. We don't have the same 'A B C' product listings here tin the UK;
when the manufacturer sets a suggested retail price, that's usually what
you end up paying. In the US I understand, it's up to the individual
dealer to sell for what they like, so I still can't say what you'd
expect to pay for both, or indeed one or t'other. When they hit the
stores soon, I guess it will all become clear.
It's the stores themselves who want to sell the Footcontroller as
separate item and that's screwing everything up. Ideally, you should get
both units (as they are shipped in the same box), unless you
specifically don't require a F/S and then order just the EDP+ as a
special purchase....but that'd be too easy :)
Sorry I can't be of any more help at this time.
Andy.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Wiley [mailto:matthewf5@hotmail.com] 
Sent: 17 February 2003 04:59
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: black face EDP pricing (foot controller)

hey there,
i spoke to a guy named gill at gibson friday the 14th and he said that
the 
first units were going to specific stores, so i called the stores and
got 
their prices and they all told me that the footcontroller WAS sold as a 
seperate item.  they may not know that the footcontroller is as you say 
included.  you should know as you are production manager.  they must not

realize this yet.  communication from gibson has been really screwy in
the 
past.  i just wish i could find out what the deal is with this whole
deal.  
are the controllers included or not and what is the price
w/footcontroller 
and without.
thanks
matt wiley



>From: "Andy Ewen" <andy.ewen@btinternet.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Subject: RE: black face EDP pricing (foot controller)
>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 08:54:23 -0000
>
>That was me! I'm sorry to disagree, but I just personally oversaw 200
>EDP+ packed into boxes WITH the footcontroller, (which is now black as
>well). I can't believe that Gibson are going to unpack them all, take
>out the footcontrollers and sell them separately. For one thing, they
>won't have any suitable boxes.
>Might I ask who at Gibson gave you this information? They may be
getting
>confused with the last 100 Beigeface units that we have already shipped
>to them.
>
>I haven't posted anything about pricing yet as I want to be sure to get
>the correct information from Clive @ Gibson next week. I will then
>inform the list.
>
>Andy Ewen,
>Echoplex Production Manager.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Matthew Wiley [mailto:matthewf5@hotmail.com]
>Sent: 14 February 2003 22:15
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: black face EDP pricing (foot controller)
>
>
>
>i have checked and whoever posted saying that the new EDP+ comes
equiped
>
>with the footcontoller is wrong.  This info came from gibson and they
>said
>that the units are sold separately, so not such a great deal after all.
>
>peace
>matt
>
> >From: Jhsidlo@aol.com
> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >Subject: black face EDP pricing (foot controller)
> >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:12:17 -0500
> >
> >      I e-mailed Musician's Friend and the $800+ price does not
include
>the
> >foot controller. This in relationship to a LD post saying that the
foot
>
> >controller was included in the price.
> >      If there's any store that offers the whole "shebang" for that
>price
> >range, I might be interested.
> >
> >
> >                          Ciao, James
>
>
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