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NEW Acoustic 360/361

#143
seamonkey said:
That's bad business practice. A manufacturer should never under bid their distributors or retail outlet. He should in fact say to you to call his one retail outlet and work out a price with them.
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Are these available through a retail outlet? Can you order these through GC or any other retailer, or are these custom-order only.

Kinda like Sadowsky NYC and Sadowsky Metro lines? It's the rare exception that you'll see ANY NYC available anywhere other than Sadowsky.

I only ask cause I don't know. I did get to play through an all original 360 preamp last week and that was an experience I won't soon forget.
 
#149
seamonkey said:
That's bad business practice. A manufacturer should never under bid their distributors or retail outlet. He should in fact say to you to call his one retail outlet and work out a price with them.
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Never said anything about underbidding, but a manufacturer is under no obligation to never sell direct to a customer who is 3,000 miles away from the lone retailer. Seeing how there's only one dealer in the US (FL), the company selling direct to a long distance customer might be appropriate..as long as the agreed upon price is comparable.
 
#151
mihayloff said:
Seeing how there's only one dealer in the US (FL), it would only be bad business practice if he were undercutting Jammers Music Center with a reasonably close customer.
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Jammers is the only authorized dealer in the country and it's an hour away from me. You'd think I could get inspired to drive down there and try it out at least. But I can't...getting to Kissimmee is a PITA from where I'm at.
 
#152
Nick901 said:
The new 360 is an upgraded version of the original 360 by the original designer, Russ Alee.
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I suppose I should pose my question to you Nick.
I've been reading a lot about the 361 cab, but if I got one of the powered cabs, it would be the 361M which is identical except with a 15 instead of the 18....also has the same folded horn has the 361. It's 25lbs lighter & 12" shorter. I'm also curious about the performance of their new 410 cab. It has a diagonal zig zag configuration & stands 36" tall. That one is unpowered & would require the Acoustic 400 watt power amp in conjunction with the 360 preamp. If I'm not going to get the granddaddy 18" model, would the 410+power amp be better than the powered 361M with 15?
 
#154
Regarding pricing, some equipment manufacturers make special pricing deals with their more-important (or more-visible, or more-respected) clients every day. It may not be too big of a deal as long as the numbers are kept low relative to the retail channel.
 
#155
I'm sorry for repeating misinformation, i.e. that the MSRP is the street price. If these are going for less than there is no logic in keeping it a secret from anyone unless they negotiate with George.

I wish Acoustic USA well, but they ain't making it easy...
 
#160
Toolmybass said:
Especially since Flea has "dropped out"...Wonder if George will still "use" him at the show.

Since they waited 8 months and the release of this video to take him off the website as a supporting artist after he stopped using them live

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He probably still owns them though. I didn't hear about him selling them off. I would guess that what George and Flea have going is whatever they have going. :)
 

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