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KORG ACQUIRES AGUILAR
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Well to be fair, wasn't Fender a little late to the P5 format? I thought the rest of the builders went with the specs Aguilar builds for before Fender built their first P5 making Fender the odd man out.
I have a 40 yr old Korg tuner that works perfectly.
Korg bought Aguilar and Spector? Not worried at all. Korg is awesome. They make a lot of high quality stuff. I love their keyboards and synths.
Yes, and the Aguilar DB924 and original Sadowsky outboard preamps looked dangerously similar!
I honestly don't know about the timing of all that. You're probably right. I get that decision too. On the other hand I've always wondered why anyone would not make Fender sized pickups, like how Dimarzio still doesn't offer Fender 5 string pickups.
I have read more than a few comments in this thread along the line of... "I will be a former Aguilar customer".
To me this is really a silly statement to make and position to take. It implies that the person owns/uses and likes their Aguilar gear but will sell it and be done because the company has new owners.
I have a Tone Hammer 350 that I really like. I am quite sure that the quality of the one I own will not change because the company that made it was sold to another company. I am also quite sure that it will last a very long time. The new ones down the road might change but not something that already exists.
To me this is really a silly statement to make and position to take. It implies that the person owns/uses and likes their Aguilar gear but will sell it and be done because the company has new owners.
I have a Tone Hammer 350 that I really like. I am quite sure that the quality of the one I own will not change because the company that made it was sold to another company. I am also quite sure that it will last a very long time. The new ones down the road might change but not something that already exists.
Yeah, I don't get it. Just look at Spector. Once Korg acquired them they were able to move into bigger, better facilities, and Korg has a much better distribution network.
People do retire. Dave was looking forward to life after Aguilar, and as far as I can tell, he's happy with how things are going.
Yeah, these folks also moved on as well...
Sold their publishing rights.
Sometimes, it's just time to...
I just saw that Jordan Cortese recently said "Yup I can confirm that Aguilar is still manufactured here in the USA" Jordan Cortese
and D. Boonshoft comment on the same post: "hey Steffen, NYC shop is gone. I believe that everything is still being assembled in the USA; but I’m not in the loop of knowledge to be a source. But I do know 599 Broadway is empty-I own the floor."
Dave Boonshoft
and D. Boonshoft comment on the same post: "hey Steffen, NYC shop is gone. I believe that everything is still being assembled in the USA; but I’m not in the loop of knowledge to be a source. But I do know 599 Broadway is empty-I own the floor."
Dave Boonshoft
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Given that costs there are astronomical, and I don't think NY is done adding FroYo and Starbucks, isn't everyone in those converted offices pretty much downsizing? Their contact info puts them all the way out in Melville, NY, which happen to be one of KorgUSA's depots. They don't need a Broadway address to make great gear.
Do the displays work on yours? Mine got really dim so I had it replaced by a OLED one (custom configured by this guy in the UK who makes them for lots of elderly synths).
Mine also had the PSU go bad, literally while just sitting around unpowered. Got it fixed and it went out again but that was probably because of the ineptizoid who worked on it.
Love love love mine though, I own a ton of synth gear (everything from old analogs, to virtual analogs, hybrid digital/analog stuff, etc.) and nothing, flat out nothing sounds like a K5000. A pity Kawai left the synth market because they made some really great and ground breaking products.
Analogeezer
True but it was kinda cool....even though I'm not really a NYC kind of guy. Having said that, the minute they start making the gear overseas, I'm done, no matter how good the gear is.
Guess so. Controlling interest according to the googly. So roundabout I guess Peg and Aggie are cousins now?
According to Wikipedia, the owner of Korg bought back most of his shares in 93, so Yamaha's a minority partner again.
I suppose someone at Korg must be drawing up some plans for what to do with Aguilar.
They are still top secret.
I still could not find any reference to Korg as new owners on their website About
Until a few weeks ago, there was still a message from the president Dave Boonshoft.....
Well, we will have to wait and see.
I'm still a member of this club... Aguilar Club member #9
They are still top secret.
I still could not find any reference to Korg as new owners on their website About
Until a few weeks ago, there was still a message from the president Dave Boonshoft.....
Well, we will have to wait and see.
I'm still a member of this club... Aguilar Club member #9
So Dave Boonshoft (Facebook post listed above) doesn't know where his amps are being assembled any more! I guess that means he's left the company? That's a shame. I'm a 10 year Aguilar user and I liked the fact that Aguilar was a bunch of guys you could put names to. Now Aguilar is a faceless corporate entity.
The big "retiring" continues in the bass gear world. Time will tell, but this one seems personal. Again, it's a shame.
The big "retiring" continues in the bass gear world. Time will tell, but this one seems personal. Again, it's a shame.
