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Hot diggity dog, as we used to say in finishing school -- thank you for
your
reply and your thoughtful explanation of some of the issues that have held
up
production. Had a reply this thorough been sent from some authorized Gibson
representative some months ago, it might have led to less demonstrative
reliance
upon demand-side economic strategies, to say nothing of pissy e-mails from
me.
And speaking of demand-side, how can I get mine?
Thank you again, Andy, and good luck shepherding this incomparable unit
into the
next century.
_______________________________________________________________________
~ > -- James Keepnews -- < "Put oneself into a state of intense
(.-.) * ignorance and curiosity, and yet
( \ > - Multimedia Yahoo - < see things in advance."
- *
" > keepnews@node.net < -- Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
_______________________________________________________________________
Trace Elliot Ltd wrote:
> Dear James,
>
> sorry you didn't get a reply to the last e-mail.
>
> I have the first completed Echoplex on my desk which was shown and
>approved
> by Gibson in the US just before Christmas. I only have one slight delay
>in
> getting it into production, that being the programming of the PALs. This
> will be resolved on Tues of next week when a specialised chip programming
> machine arrives, it will then be full steam ahead and they should be
> shipping within a few weeks. I won't bore you with the details of the
> problems I have had converting this unit from US to UK production but a
>lot
> of it has to do with similar problems experienced by NASA with the Mars
> probe! It has not been quite as costly for us to carry out the conversion
> and I can see no more problems, (fingers crossed!)
> All the best,
> Andy Ewen
> R&D Manager.
>
> Trace Elliot Contact Information
> *************************************
> Trace Elliot (UK) Ltd
> Blackwater Trading Estate
> The Causeway
> Maldon
> Essex
> United Kingdom
> CM9 4GG
>
> Tel: +44 (0)1621 851851
> Fax: +44 (0)1621 851932
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Keepnews <keepnews@node.net>
> To: <relations@gibson.com>; <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
> Cc: <prod@trace-elliot.com>; <relations@gibson.com>;
><prod@trace-elliot.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:13 PM
> Subject: Whither Echoplex?
>
> > Greetings.
> >
> > In and among my new year's resolutions for this Y2G is to absolutely,
> > mercilessly and without surcease pester Gibson brands with questions
> > regarding the long-promised, increasingly deferred and ultimately
> > unavilable (former) Oberheim Echoplex. In my last post to the Gibson
> > on-line forum, it was suggested that Gibson's Trace Elliot division
> > would be releasing this premier looping device sometime at the
>beginning
> > of this year; I now understand that this release has been (once more!)
> > pushed back to the spring.
> >
> > It's a shame that this product -- a profitable one for Gibson, from my
> > understanding -- continually experiences production setbacks and delays
> > on its new release. A cynic might believe that it might never see the
> > light of a commercial day again. I am not that cynic, but I am cynical
> > enough to believe that nothing at all will occur on Gibson's end
>without
> > a regular reminder of interest in this product. Accordingly, I am
> > forwarding this note to Gibson Corporate, Trace Elliot product
> > development (from whom I am still awaiting a reply from my last e-mail)
> > and the Looper's Delight mailing list. Sunlight is the best
> > disinfectant, of practices as much as product development.
> >
> > I invite you to look forward to my next note to you all, and a regular
> > stream of similarly inquisitive notes, until either the Echoplex is
> > brought back into production or a statement is issued to the effect
>that
> > the unit will never be issued again. Au revoir!
> >
> > Very truly yours,
> > James Keepnews
> >
> >