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Re: gibson/steinberger/echoplex
The note by Kim Flint was very informative. I don't follow the industry
real close, but I have recently been in the market and have successfully
purchased a used Steinberger Guitar w/Transtrem, so I have been doing a
lot of looking, watching and waiting.......I noticed now that Steinberger
has come out with a new line of guitars, on Yo music.com or something like
that and are selling the new line very cheap w/o transtrem. These
guitars
are dirt cheap. I mean cheap.....My point is that there is a good chance
the Digital Echoplex may be a thing of the past or emerge in some new
downsized form. That what seems to have happened with Gibson or whoever
reintroducing the Steinberger. I admit, I don't know all the facts about
Steinberger, but I am not holding my breath waiting on a new top of the
line Steinberger. Face it, the Digital Echoplex is a very
sophisticated
machine and very deep and appeals to a certain type of musician. How
were
the profit margins on these things and what kind of money did they make
the
company. with all the small boxes coming out with the ability to loop for
short periods and with effects to boot they must be very appealing to the
masses......and profitable to the companies. I have a Korg unit with some
looping capabilities I bought because I like Korg effects but After
using
the Echoplex and a 4 minute Boomerang for quite a long time I don't even
bother to play with the Korg looping feature. When I bought the Echoplex,
I
loved it so much I immediately went on the lookout for a backup. comments
appreciated.