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marqueemoon
Bronze Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/01/2007 : 16:45:33
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I did a search on Sweetwater�s site and found that the Boss/Fender pedals are going to go for $149.99. While that seems about right and doesn�t surprise me much, I was very surpised to find that the new compacts are going for $119.99 (!!)
I was most interested in the Dyna Drive and was originally thrilled at the idea of a new fuzz, but now it looks like it will be difficult (for me, atleast) to afford to even buy and try. $120 seems a little steep, and I don�t know if I�d be too eager to drop that much for a new overdrive, no matter how responsive it is. It�s a little disappointing to see them movng away from simple, affordable effects, but that seems to have been the trend for the past couple years. |
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2007 : 17:18:41
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| Geez, $120 for a Dyna Drive? For a COSM pedal that's just way too much for me. Why not buy a boutique pedal that does the same thing then? |
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eeone
Bronze Member
Yugoslavia
121 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2007 : 17:25:48
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| I believe that these are MSRPs. They'll probably go down when the pedals hit the shelves. |
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2007 : 17:37:00
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I believe that these are MSRPs
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/02/2007 : 00:27:35
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Geez, $120 for a Dyna Drive? For a COSM pedal that's just way too much for me.
AFAIK the Dyna Drive is not a COSM pedal. Boss has been very putting the cosm logo on all their cosm units so far and the DN-2 and ML-2 doesn't have them. |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 03:12:07
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Hopefully once ebay sellers start getting their hands on these pedals we will see prices come down to something more reasonable.
Fingers crossed! |
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marqueemoon
Bronze Member
USA
121 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 03:56:54
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American Musical Supply also has "their price" at $119.
I hope the prices go down, but the newer pedals like the OC-3 and such have been in that ballpark, so I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm still hot for the FDR-1 though  |
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mattoqua
Silver Member
Canada
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Posted - 02/02/2007 : 05:47:01
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Yea im most interested in the FDR-1.
I hope those get to better prices too
All the pedals in music stores in Toronto (Canada) sell them for $120 (MT-2, MD-2, DD-3, etc), and some like the DD-6 were up at $200. If you look around though (online), you can get them for half that.
Im guessing the new ones will be up around $160 here, so im hoping they go for half of that soon enough. |
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RRV-10
Silver Member
Australia
246 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 09:20:57
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I haven't bought a pedal new from an actual bricks and mortar store for about 10 years. Actually I only have once; I paid AUD$220 (US$170) for a PH-2 in 97 I think it was, way before online stores and regional price comparisons. I really don't get how the local distributor can get away with inflating the prices like they do, since the internet and now paypal make it so easy to purchase from overseas. I think the MT-2 is still $180 new in stores here, so these new pedals will likely be over $200, the fender ones probably $299 or something. Screw Roland Australia.  |
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Alien DNA
Bronze Member
Australia
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Posted - 02/02/2007 : 10:12:19
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Originally posted by RRV-10
I haven't bought a pedal new from an actual bricks and mortar store for about 10 years. Actually I only have once; I paid AUD$220 (US$170) for a PH-2 in 97 I think it was, way before online stores and regional price comparisons. I really don't get how the local distributor can get away with inflating the prices like they do, since the internet and now paypal make it so easy to purchase from overseas. I think the MT-2 is still $180 new in stores here, so these new pedals will likely be over $200, the fender ones probably $299 or something. Screw Roland Australia.
Hey rrv-10!!!
I agree....those chain of stores like willy hydes and allenz and the like just love to hike up the prices and its pure blasphemy. I asked about a bcb-60 and they wanted over $380...like f&*kin what....you have got to be sh!tting me. Evilbay brand new for $216. A DD-6 was close to $400.....may karma come and bite your arse off you dirtbags because there are young guys who dont know better and get ripped off blind and that really pisses me off....ive seen it happen, literally.
Fight the power rrv-10...im with you......cut out the middle man and everyone can get a good deal......and really, how much does it cost to make a pedal anyway?
I have a mate who got a line 6 delay pedal from ebay and went into one of the stores mentioned above and when he told them he got the pedal from ebay, they refused to sell him a power supply because he didnt buy the pedal through them....i wouldve jumped the counter and planted his face in the cash register i reckon....screw retail stores period.
Thank you for letting me get that rant off my chest
Cheers....beer o'clock now
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RRV-10
Silver Member
Australia
246 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 12:36:53
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| I can't for the life of me figure out how Roland Australia can justify the prices they ask. All I keep coming to is pure greed. Australia and the US get the exact same Boss pedals made in Taiwan. Australia is actually closer to Taiwan than the US is, so the pedal doesn't even have to travel as far to get here but I'll let that point slide. Of course the US is a much larger market than Australia, maybe therein lies the answer, but it still boggles that a DD-6 is priced at US$160 at musciansfried.com (which I believe US chain stores like Guitar Centre will price match with), which would be about AUD$210 on a pure currency conversion, yet the exact same pedal in Australia is well over AUD$300. Why the extra $100+? |
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 15:35:35
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I'm with you guys about how retail stores can keep charging what they do! Mind you I did notice that pedal prices have started coming down on a few online versions of the bricks and mortar stores so I assume that the shop prices would go down too even if the stick prices doesn't seem to be the same. I saw a DD-6 for under AU$250 or something like that.
Hopefully Roland Australia are cutting their RRPs which means we might be able to buy new pedals at a decent price at a shop.
Lets see... |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 02/02/2007 : 15:52:58
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Originally posted by ronster
I'm with you guys about how retail stores can keep charging what they do!
Hopefully Roland Australia are cutting their RRPs which means we might be able to buy new pedals at a decent price at a shop.
Lets see...
Hi Ronster.
I know it's really late, & we should all-both be in bed.
But did you just doze off, & wake up from that fantastic dream?
where the RRP of all Boss pedals are at Utopian prices,
and almost free for the asking.
If you buy one the store owner gives you another one or two, just take home.
Sorry mate, I've been having that same dream for years.
I think most of us have had similar dreams at one time or another.
Keep having that dream
Sometimes dreams come true.
I know things are tight for you, but did you buy or get any new toys?
It's the weekend, & I can feel a severe case of G.A.S coming on.
Regards Dr. Bob |
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diggum12
Silver Member
USA
282 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 17:09:43
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AFAIK the Dyna Drive is not a COSM pedal.
My mistake bossarea. Thanks for catching that!
What I meant to say was "Dyna Amp Technology" which is basically the same thing as COSM only it's for an amp, and not amp modeling. I've heard them both and I hear the same nuances (or should I say glitches) in both of them. My friend has the Cube 60 and we both agree we can hear the dynamics tracking improperly from time to time.
http://www.roland.com/products/en/CUBE-60/index.html
http://www.bossus.com/index.asp?pg=1&tmp=161
Any way you put it, it just doesn't do dynamics very well, and if the pedal is the same as the amp (same technology) then I'm out.
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ronster
Gold Member
Australia
645 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2007 : 03:57:08
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Hey Dr Bob
No joy over the weekend. I missed a few pedals I was looking at but they went for more than I wanted to pay. 
Oh well there's always next time! |
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