Yeah.. Supporting people making a living wage is messed up....
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Wow! Prices sure jumped!!
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Yeah.. Supporting people making a living wage is messed up....
I'm not complaining about the increase in price, because GK has the
right to charge what they want. I chimed in to mention that I noticed the increase
in price.
Heck, my Avatar 2x12 that I purchased on Ebay over 3 yrs. ago for about
$400 + now sales for close to $700. You have to pay to play!
Well this is going off the rail. I made a half joking post about greed and upping profits and it starts going political. If living wages are so important, I guess nobody should complain about higher prices then, right? I live in California and see what is happening here. A living wage is fine, but over 100,000 homeless and addicts living on the streets pretty much over rides living wages, plastic straws and all of the other stuff going on in our state capitol. Our roads suck, our cities are filthy with feces and needles and the rest of the state burns to ashes from fires. Highest taxes in the US for what? I am surprised that every company hasn't left this state. Hopefully GK stays profitable and doesn't end up like SWR, Genz Benz and others. Too many great companies are gone and it is our loss.
Oh dang, don't get me going with Brad...it'll last for days
Was it the part about cramming 2200 watts worth of bass in a single 12" or something or the part about mixing cab sizes. Still a big proponent of playing it safe and not mixing cabs sizes, especially if you don't know if the cabs are made to sound good paired up, but Brad's definitely right that it's not a guaranteed fail by any means.
the insinuation was that there's some meme about it being a guaranteed fail. That has always been shouted down and never even been said in a long long while. Doesn't stop the mixed cab police police.
WE are in the land of Long and McQuade. Whatever a price is down south we get $500 and up automatically tacked on.A new Mesa Subway 2 x 12 is out of my range , never mind a 2 x 15..
This is nuts...
So noticing retail over the past few years I am not surprised that GK or any other company has raised their prices. My guess is that since I haven’t seen GK in GC or any other store regularly they are selling less cabinets then before. So if you sell less yo have to charge more to keep your business going. If this forum is any indication of what people are buying it is spread over many manufactures. I remember a day where you had to choose between GK, Peavey and Ampeg as well as the occasional SWR amp. Now we have more choices that is splitting a customer base that is not growing. So if I am a business owner I have to increase my margin in order to keep paying the rent, payroll etc. The internet is great because we all have choices that we didn’t before, however it allows boutique companies to sell to everyone rather than their local population. And that’s not including what the current tariffs are doing to pricing. It’s hard for me to stomach paying +1000 for a Mexican made bass.
Don't think the tariffs have that much to do with it, nor greed. GK don't have shareholders or a massive corporate parent company to answer to.
I thought I read somewhere recently that GK have upgraded their manufacturing facilities to be able to put out the new Legacy series, so the price hike probably has something to do with that, along with them bringing production back from China to the US.
Lots of people complain about US companies outsourcing manufacturing to China, but then complain about the price of US-made stuff...
The upside is we should see a corresponding increase in quality across the range as well. GK's stuff has always had pretty massive bang for the buck, after all. The new Legacy heads look (and, according to the demo videos, sound) amazing and their price is pretty great too, if you factor in their feature set and that they're US-made (which is just as much of a selling point over on this side of the pond, trust me).
I thought I read somewhere recently that GK have upgraded their manufacturing facilities to be able to put out the new Legacy series, so the price hike probably has something to do with that, along with them bringing production back from China to the US.
Lots of people complain about US companies outsourcing manufacturing to China, but then complain about the price of US-made stuff...
The upside is we should see a corresponding increase in quality across the range as well. GK's stuff has always had pretty massive bang for the buck, after all. The new Legacy heads look (and, according to the demo videos, sound) amazing and their price is pretty great too, if you factor in their feature set and that they're US-made (which is just as much of a selling point over on this side of the pond, trust me).
Not in this case. If the big increases were across the board I might believe it.Welcome to the world of tariffs, and inflation
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
That’s the way markets work. They don’t wait for the prices to go up —- it’s market anticipation.
Those prices are similar to what an Ampeg SVT head and cab or an Acoustic 360 went for in the early 70s. So today's prices are relatively cheaper. Than something. I guess. Hey you kids get off my lawn.
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Your Price: $2,159.00 CDN
You get who you (California) vote for....
thats BEFORE taxes too ..!! so add about another approx.300.00 =close to $2500.00!
Yeah, more than anything, I think that's more revealing about the current used market. It's pretty rough for sellers at the moment. Especially on big amps and cabs since shipping is more or less out of the question (at least in my mind).
You're not getting what I'm saying. If folks are in the market for a new cab and can't afford the Neo, they Can still get a very good cab in the CX line. I am NOT saying the cab is any less of a cab than the Neo. Just different and more affordable. They use Ceramic drivers and don't have the bi-amp function.
No,shipping would be a lot of $,trying to sell locally using fb marketplace.
