Re: [AH] Behringer Pro 1

From Giles Ward
Sent Wed, Oct 17th 2018, 17:33

I wouldn't want an original though.  A big box with a crappy keyboard 
and no MIDI.  The Boog format is a great size.  Small enough to fit in 
but not so small that you need tweezers to use it.

On 17/10/2018 18:20, Peter Forrest wrote:
> $299 ..... and people are selling real ones for $1400-plus.  Part of me thinks that vintage prices will crash... but if you look at the electric guitar world it maybe tells a different story.  When far eastern copies started appearing at 1/5 of the price (or 1/10th) and then Fender etc started doing look-alike 'relic' re-issues, it didn't do much to lower the price of the real old original stuff.
> And Uli's copies aren't visually the same either, unlike many of the guitars.
> So all-in-all it's probably the best of both worlds - originals to cherish & keep at home & record with, Ulis to buy and gig with.
> (and of course there's the added bonus that using the Uli copies, having useful things like patch points, MIDI etc., isn't going to wreck the originals' er... originality.)
> And in the long run, people who use the copies will one day, if they get to a stage when they can afford it, often want an original.
> Peter
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giles Ward [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]
> Sent: 17 October 2018 16:54
> To: Analogue Heaven
> Subject: [AH] Behringer Pro 1
> 
>   From the desk of Uli Behringer:
> 
> 
> Here is a quick update.
> 
> We have just approved the final pre-production sample and are now
> gearing up for mass production. As you will notice, we have added quite
> a few more patch points as well as other features.
> 
> I am quite excited about this synth as it turned out really well :-)
> 
> We're targeting a MAP price of US$ 299.
> 
> Uli
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> Photos:
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> https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php?p=13575915&postcount=1098
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