RE: 16 second delay reissue a reality

[goddard.duncan@mtvne.com]

Title: RE: 16 second delay reissue a reality

>>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.<<

but those of us that are vulnerable to the sort of cachet that a vintage product has, we aren't going to be happy with a reissue. would you rather have, all else being equal, a 1958 strat or a custom shop reissue?

my 1990-built mxr distortion+ doesn't sound as good as my guitarist's, which was made in 1977. quite apart from the inevitable feeling that his is cooler just because it's older.... mine just doesn't sound as good. I'm sure that some of this is psychological, but some of it is the quality or otherwise of the parts.

are EH going to be /able/ to make the things the same as the originals? where will they get all those BBD chips from?

(curtis, ssm, anyone? the same thing has happened with "vintage" synths, with people scrapping synths that could be repaired in order to extract components like the aforementioned to repair "more worthy" instruments. a poly six, for instance, won't last ten minutes if there's a dead p5 on the bench next to it that needs the same ssm chips.)

they must have debated, and still be debating, on this-

if the reissue is identical to the original, then numbers will necessarily be limited because of:
getting the original chipset together /and/
getting enough people to buy it who don't care that it isn't twenty-odd years old but are still happy with it's (relatively) limited functionality

OR

they make something that resembles the original, but is bang-up-to-date in terms of parts and functionality. an example of this would be roland's tardy response to the revival in fortunes of the tb303 in the late 80s and early 90s; with 2nd hand prices through the roof in the UK, roland introduced the first "groovebox"- capable of digital renditions of the most popular sounds from the 303, 808 etc, and actually called the mc303.... designed to both capitalise on the cachet of the original products /and/ make the best of modern techniques.

needles to sew, it was a bit of a flop.... especially when rebirth appeared.

duncan/r.m.i.

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