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TC Electronic's expanded BG250 Combo Family
- Thread starter Stranger Danger
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I think 250 may be too good to hope for, but 300-ish is probably realistic. Respect to Morten for posting here - I wouldn't expect him to quote anything other than the MSRP price 
This what the pricing looks like up here:
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The 15 and 12 seem to be in keeping with the price of the original BG250 combo. The 208 and 210 are quite a bit more. I'll be watching to see how other retailers set their pricing.
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The 15 and 12 seem to be in keeping with the price of the original BG250 combo. The 208 and 210 are quite a bit more. I'll be watching to see how other retailers set their pricing.
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The type of speakers, size of speakers and the cab design is different from the other cabs and this is so that a proper low end response can be achieved.
Given that I had no idea this product line expansion was coming, I'm now glad I've so far held off on buying the "old" version: I have zero need for the Tube Drive feature and love the idea of replacing it with a second Tone Print slot!
The U.S. vendors I've checked appear to still be selling the old version. Either that, or they haven't upgraded their ad copy and PICs. I suppose that recent price drop to $349 may have been an attempt to clear out the old version inventory before releasing the new...
The U.S. vendors I've checked appear to still be selling the old version. Either that, or they haven't upgraded their ad copy and PICs. I suppose that recent price drop to $349 may have been an attempt to clear out the old version inventory before releasing the new...
Since Morten, from TCE, posted that the US price for the 208 is $499, I think we can be pretty sure that the US price will be $499. Manufacturers usually provide pricing for gear as distributor price, dealer price (with various levels like "power seller", "10% off", "20% off," "30% off"), suggested retail price (MSRP), and minimum advertised price (MAP).
MAP is the price you see on resellers' websites. It's the same on all of the sites because it's (as the name suggests) the lowest price that dealers are authorized to advertise. Dealers that want to sell for less can offer special deals of some amount or percentage off of MAP or say that you need to contact for the price. When the BG250 was selling for as little as $259 with deals and "deep discounts," that was a good indication that straight "Dealer Price" is $259. Since the mega-dealers surely have a percentage off deal, they could still do well with them.
Taking the TCE example of the MSRP of the BC210 at $499 and MAP at $349, it's a pretty safe bet that the 208 will have a MAP of $349. It's probably also a safe bet that the 115 will go back to a $399 MAP when the whole line is available.
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MAP is the price you see on resellers' websites. It's the same on all of the sites because it's (as the name suggests) the lowest price that dealers are authorized to advertise. Dealers that want to sell for less can offer special deals of some amount or percentage off of MAP or say that you need to contact for the price. When the BG250 was selling for as little as $259 with deals and "deep discounts," that was a good indication that straight "Dealer Price" is $259. Since the mega-dealers surely have a percentage off deal, they could still do well with them.
Taking the TCE example of the MSRP of the BC210 at $499 and MAP at $349, it's a pretty safe bet that the 208 will have a MAP of $349. It's probably also a safe bet that the 115 will go back to a $399 MAP when the whole line is available.
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Just wanted to note for others - the Tubedrive feature is available as a Toneprint, so if you DO want it on the new amps you can just load it up.
Sounds about right considering that BH250 head sells for about $300. They have to charge something for 2x8 cab that its attached to...
Don't let out all the worms!
More info needed to answer that question but the amp has a bass knob on it which will probably help mitigate.
I personally prefer tens over 15s for the tightness but that again is design dependent.
Right. The reason is that the BG250-208 is a BH250 mounted on a cabinet. There is no internal connection between them.
