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Re: EDP problem



b   o   o   m   e   r   a   n   g

oh wait, no midi!!

ah hell, boomerang anyways.

you can throw one violently against the wall and it will be fine. i know. i
did this twice a few years back...

thanks mr monk. principle over personality. got to be able to depend on the
program so to speak. even the coolest thing in the world has to work!

i'll eventually buy an epd. but i'm afraid i'll end up wanting to count on
it though...

peace
jimmy george
http://www.jimmygeorgearts.com



----- Original Message -----
From: mr.monk <monk@fuse.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: EDP problem


> >
> > any ideas?
> >
>
> yeah, get used to it.  pretty much every professional person i know who
> has tried to use one has given up on using it live. they simply won't
> hold up physically that is,  won't hold up to touring. as long as you
> personally handle it yourself and put it gently into the back seat of
> your austin-healy bug-eye sprite , you may not have any problems. but
> put it into an expensive shock rack and let the union guys load and
> unload your gear for a month or two, or (god forbid) put your rack into
> the hands of the airline industry for a few interenational flights and
> your troubles begin.
>
>     understand that i have had the same gear in the same rack for six(?)
> years and the echoplex is the only piece of gear to break. period. and
> even after sending it to Shane at gibson (who i'm sure struggles
> valiantly with the machines.) it still will not work consistently. i
> know a couple of other pros who have simply given up on having them
> fixed. it's a huge hassle.
>
>     i think that the EDP is the coolest best live looping device ever
> made (hell, i was an endorser). but i can only surmise that corners
> were cut in the beta testing (i.e. it was only sent to folks who didn't
> tour much) and manufacturing.
>
> i know it's not the kind of answer you are looking for.  umm  maybe
> it's a bad pot...
>
> love you steve.  i think i'm coming to england this summer...interested
> in playing together?
>
>
> monkman
>
>