Re: Availability of Echoplex, will it ever come?

["gareth whittock" <gareth.whitcock@ntlworld.com>]

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Gareth - god it's cold here...

> hi:
> i'm new to the list.  i ended up selling my repeater..now i want it
> back!  i use ableton live 3.o and NI reaktor, but i am unable to find
> software that enable sound-on-sound overdubbing/looping.
> i know that alto sound in middletown NY USA has echoplex in stock
> (well, a while ago) but it's worth a shot.  sorry, i dont have their
> telephone number.
> per, i have seen your posts on various lists and boards and have
> visited your website.  some day i hope to jam with you.  =) i do
> abstract electronic music.   www.astromass.com
>
> thanks all,
> +()Dd\
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>
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> On Feb 26, 2004, at 1:14 PM, David J. Grossman wrote:
>
> >> I have had an Echoplex on order since December 18 of 2003 at Musicians
> >> Friend.  The availability date keeps getting pushed back, and now
> >> Musicians Friend has the avilability date as May 5.  Has anyone had
> >> any
> >> luck buying an Echoplex in the past month or so?
> >
> > I bought that "scratch and dent" one they had on sale a couple of
> > weeks ago
> > but it was way more screwed up than what they defined as a "scratch and
> > dent" item. The whole faceplate was bent outwards on the right, a knob
> > was
> > missing and two of the other knobs were floating around the box. One of
> > those knobs was actually cracked too. In any event, it wasn't worth the
> > savings of only $120 out of $799 for something that was that tweaked
> > so I
> > returned it to exchange for a new one. I'm still waiting on my new one
> > with
> > the rest of you.
> >
> > Here's a warning though, if you see a scratch and dent Echoplex show
> > up at
> > Musician's Friend in the next week or so, don't buy it unless you're
> > willing
> > to live with something that may have been dropped or taken apart and
> > poorly
> > reassembled. They probably had the thing ( serial # 79 or something
> > like
> > that ) sitting around for a year and figured they could get rid of it
> > since
> > the other units were so hard to get. It's not worth $679 though. Not
> > in that
> > condition.
> >
> > - Dave
> >
> >
>