Originally posted by Funkster
I'll tell you what guy's this system has been getting Rave reviews, I went to Muzo camp yesterday and got to play through it, I'm totaly diggin it. All I brought was my Fender P and my Sansamp and I was golden. They have been using a Pod for the bass tones but I prefered My Sansamp.
there's a reason it's getting rave reviews -- it's a very good idea for the market it targets. it's the not revolutionary idea that bose asserts it is, but it's still a very good idea.
personally, though, i can't think of many situations where a product like that would be both useful and cost effective for the situations i've played in. maybe half my gigs in my last band would have had both the right room size and playing situation to benefit from this system. i don't think the pay we got from those gigs would have paid for three sticks and enough bass modules for the whole band.
if we were playing more wedding and corporate gigs, where the pay is much higher, that would change. i can't see many rock bands getting their money out of this, but it may well be perfect for a smooth jazz group. a group with electric drums (especially the drummer) would probably like this a lot, too.
essentially what i'm saying in all of this is that it's a good idea, but i don't know if bose understands how small the market for this type of product is. for the people it targets it's a godsend, but for everyone else, it's too expensive and you don't get much.
in other words, it's too bad that bose made it, because anyone coming anywhere close to replicating it will be sued out of existence. so no one will be able to make such a system except also make it in a more cost effective (read: far lower advertising/hype overhead) and make it more universally applicable (higher power, more bass, different system sizes).
but it's pretty cool idea, nevertheless, and i'm glad someone put the old technological pieces together in a new and creative way.
robb.
