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starr36
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Sunburst
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 Posted - 08/10/2006 : 08:13:59
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The DM-2 is starting to be a real cash cow!  |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/10/2006 : 15:44:19
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Yeah, but all of these are going to hit a ceiling at some point where people simply won't pay any more -- and the last buyer who pays the ceiling price is going to be stuck with it.
People will go the boutique or clone route when the asking price gets too high.
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/10/2006 : 17:12:54
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Oh, look -- it's cobflake. I'll bet he only paid about $150 for it a week ago.
/flippers can all DIAF
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 08/10/2006 : 18:04:33
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Actually, I dont think we will see a ceiling really. The market will fluctuate as with all markets but as time goes by the prices will continue to rise. The same has always been said about a 1958-60 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst guitars, yet they continue to rise. The same with pre-CBS strats.
They have of course entered the collectors market, which doesnt include normal users. Thats where I believe we will be with vintage Boss pedals aswell some time from now.
Of course Boss pedals will never reach those $$$ figures, but I think the principle still applies. |
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Austen
Bronze Member
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Posted - 08/10/2006 : 23:02:35
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Thats right.
And then there's the EH Memoryman.... $200. The current production is true bypass and uses the proper BBD analog chips. Sounds outstanding. Maybe about the best analog delay out there and for the price!!
Thats got to limit things as in a price ceiling for players...
Collectors never fail to surprize me though.
Oh and Cobflake can K.M.A.
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 08/12/2006 : 21:58:38
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NOW BIN was reduced to $325, and someone grabbed it.
Now he's got another one for only $200.00 with box. HUH? |
Edited by - starr36 on 08/12/2006 21:59:26 |
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Big Boss Man
Gold Member
USA
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Posted - 08/12/2006 : 23:18:15
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| I think the DM-2 is the best "investment grade" pedal of the entire Boss series. It just keeps going up in value at a slow but steady pace. It is probably the most useful of the higher priced vintage Boss pedals. I have two myself. One with the original box. |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/14/2006 : 17:58:02
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Originally posted by Sunburst
Actually, I dont think we will see a ceiling really. The market will fluctuate as with all markets but as time goes by the prices will continue to rise.
Hey, Sunburst -- know what? I'm totally wrong, you're right:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=54476&ovchn=YAH&ovcpn=Yahoo+SSP&ovcrn=54476&ovtac=PI
Oh, pardon me -- this isn't a "vintage collectible", it's brand new.
/and probably didn't cost more than $10.00 to make, either
//but clearly worth it -- after all, it's analog... 
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
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Posted - 08/14/2006 : 19:07:27
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quote:
Originally posted by stahlhart
quote:
Originally posted by Sunburst
Actually, I dont think we will see a ceiling really. The market will fluctuate as with all markets but as time goes by the prices will continue to rise.
Hey, Sunburst -- know what? I'm totally wrong, you're right:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=54476&ovchn=YAH&ovcpn=Yahoo+SSP&ovcrn=54476&ovtac=PI
Oh, pardon me -- this isn't a "vintage collectible", it's brand new.
/and probably didn't cost more than $10.00 to make, either
//but clearly worth it -- after all, it's analog...
Its gotten to the point where I have decided I will learn how to solder and will just get kits to build clones. I like effects, but prices are getting a bit out of hand for someone like me, who for the most part, just likes to acquire effects to see if I might be able to incorporate it into my sound or sometimes just to see what a particular effect is all about. If I had the funds, I would be buying different distortions, fuzzes, and overdrives on a regular basis, just to see how they sound, but these days used pedals are costing almost as much, if not more, than new pedals. Who knows? if I get good at building clones, maybe I can make them and sell them as "boutique" effects to fund my pedal habit. |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 08/15/2006 : 00:29:27
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| ^^ actually, with the prices of some Boss pedals, you could be buying "boutique" pedals for the same price |
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Sunburst
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Posted - 08/15/2006 : 07:52:41
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Originally posted by StratoSphere
^^ actually, with the prices of some Boss pedals, you could be buying "boutique" pedals for the same price
But then again, it wouldnt be a Boss...  |
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 08/15/2006 : 07:54:55
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Originally posted by stahlhart
quote:
Originally posted by Sunburst
Actually, I dont think we will see a ceiling really. The market will fluctuate as with all markets but as time goes by the prices will continue to rise.
Hey, Sunburst -- know what? I'm totally wrong, you're right:
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=54476&ovchn=YAH&ovcpn=Yahoo+SSP&ovcrn=54476&ovtac=PI
Oh, pardon me -- this isn't a "vintage collectible", it's brand new.
/and probably didn't cost more than $10.00 to make, either
//but clearly worth it -- after all, it's analog...
Well, you should hurry up and buy it then... |
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stahlhart
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/15/2006 : 23:06:59
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I'm afraid you're missing my point...
You had suggested that the "collector's market" and "normal users" are separate -- and I'm offering this as an example of why I don't agree.
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 08/16/2006 : 08:04:35
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Actually, I dont see your point really. The example youre offering is of a reissue pedal, not an original vintage pedal. Reissue pedals are however just what the name says, and to a collector they are just...reissues.
Therefore the collectors market and users market are separate as with reissue guitars, and will be separate when it comes to expensive vintage Boss pedals in the future.
Those who cant afford the real deal but want the sound buy the reissue, while collectors concentrate on the vintage gear and therefore both markets exists. |
Edited by - Sunburst on 08/16/2006 08:08:40 |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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Posted - 08/16/2006 : 09:33:15
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I think Sunburst has a point here, there are two different markets. With vintage guitars it�s very clear, if I want a good telecaster to perform with, I�m not buying a 1952 original for $30.000, I�ll go for the reissue at $2000 (or so).
But if I�m a collector I don�t want the reissue even if it�s a much better guitar.
The same goes for pedals, why spend $250 or something for a pedal that have been used for years when I can get a brand new and probably better (or at least more reliable) for half the amount?
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DM-2 - big money
