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dm-2
Bronze Member
Ireland
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 Posted - 08/12/2005 : 00:34:22
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So has anyone come across a sound clip? bossus.com has a link to an audio demo but I can't get it to work, just says "connecting to server". I think it's a great idea for a pedal, if only they brought out a scaled down version in a compact!! The RT-2 would have been the perfect addition to my pedal board.
Sadly the absence of a compact this year leads me to believe that Boss are phasing out compact pedal production altogether. It seems they're concentrating on multi-effects and twin pedals now so they can compete with line 6. Or maybe I'm just talking crazy?! |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/12/2005 : 09:34:56
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You're not talking crazy but I don't believe they're turning their backs on compact pedals. The stompboxes are so widely used that they probably make up a large part of thir revenue. Phasing out on their bread and butter business would be a huge mistake.
I think they have been concentrating on beating Line6 and therefore focused on multieffects and COSM modelling devices. With more competition in the stompbox market (Behringer, Vox, a number of boutique pedals) I hope they will come back stronger next year with more focus on the compact pedals.
...it could be wishful thinking 
I hope they don't make an RT-2 compact pedal. It's a modelling device and I hope they keep all modelling pedals in the twin pedal series. There's already a confusion to which pedals are analog and which are digital. |
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boss freak
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 08/16/2005 : 11:55:10
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I too would love to see more focus on the compact line. As we discussed in another thread, I would really like to see updated (meaning additional features and hopefully not "improved" with inferior tonal quality) versions of some old classics. Someone from Boss must know about this forum by now... So if they do, and are reading these posts, maybe we can make them think about the possibilties!  |
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mattharrisuk05
Copper Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/17/2005 : 21:12:33
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If you go to www.rolandus.com and find it they've got a video demo of the RT-20, they dude puts it after one of the guitar synths so it sounds like a 60's organ!!!
Im definitely gettin one! |
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dm-2
Bronze Member
Ireland
81 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 01:27:46
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| I've had a look at that, sounds great! Might get one for Christmas! |
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Ray
Copper Member
United Kingdom
25 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2005 : 01:42:06
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| How much will it be? 200$? |
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mattharrisuk05
Copper Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/19/2005 : 02:32:59
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| well apparently it comes out in october, ready for christmas of course, its meant to cost �169 so about $280 but thats just pounds to dollars, id tihnk about $225-250. |
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RT-20: The shape of things to come?
