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At 03:09 AM 2/15/2004, Gareth Hardwick wrote: >well, from a looping perspective, current stompbox loopers like the >Boomerang, Boss RC-20 (and to an extent DD-20) and the Line 6 DL4 all >offer >long loop times with reverse playback and octave down (Boomerang and DL4). surely you are joking? None of these units have feature sets remotely like the EH-16, and nobody would seriously think they could replace one. If you think an RC-20 can replace an EH-16 you are not a potential customer for the reissue version anyway. >Like someone also said, our friend Juan (Maneco) can make a hand assembled >looper (the Elite Maneco) for just over $500 which has far more features >than the 80's 16 sec. I'd really like to hear what people think of the Maneco looper, if anybody has one yet. But if he is making them by hand, I think the price would not stay at $500 if hundreds of people started ordering them. It would go up very fast. But you are missing the point here completely. People have been crying for years that they want the EH-16 again. They want it reissued exactly like it was. Not with all sorts of new features crammed on top of it. A lot of people loved that unit and want to be able to get it again. What electro-harmonix needs to do is reproduce it as close as possible to the original, and they will have huge demand for it. If they try to add stuff to it, they'll screw it up and nobody will want it. "Reissue" isn't about what features are added, its about reproducing the original. $800, adjusted for inflation, is cheaper than it was originally, and the people who loved it and owned it then are now 20 years older with better jobs and much higher incomes. They'll have no trouble finding buyers for a reissue at that price. kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com