EBS_freak Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) Oops. Wrong small company. Edited October 23, 2013 by EBS_freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1382544520' post='2253487'] Oops. Wrong small company. [/quote] HAHAH! To be fair, Mesa have always been super expensive...but they are a pretty major player in terms of guitar tube amps now. It's great that they still build their amps and haven't outsourced, but their UK pricing needs to be sorted out....they would sell more if they were a little cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyxtiger Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Westside say RRP strategy £2499 and prodigy £1899 available AFTER Xmas. January then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 [quote name='tonyxtiger' timestamp='1383675132' post='2267543'] Westside say RRP strategy £2499 and prodigy £1899 available AFTER Xmas. [/quote] LOL @ MESA. They're out of their minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I was quite interested until I saw the price. £1900 - not a frakking chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1383676494' post='2267573'] I was quite interested until I saw the price. £1900 - not a frakking chance. [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) Bleedin' expensive it may be - but it does sound the business... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJKdG5A0tAo&feature=em-subs_digest[/media] Edited November 5, 2013 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1383675785' post='2267560'] LOL @ MESA. They're out of their minds. [/quote] Agreed. No chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skychaserhigh Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 They might sound the business but not £1899 worth of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1383676494' post='2267573'] I was quite interested until I saw the price. £1900 - not a frakking chance. [/quote] +1900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Mesa should give up and just sell directly, even if it means shipping costs to individuals. USA RRP price converted is £1100 Add vat, then 4.4% import and another £125 for sea transport and that is still about £1500.00. So £400 cheaper even when using the RRP and not any shop deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Interesting - this new price is £400 more than the last RRP I saw and the last I heard was that it wouldn't change much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 They should just sell direct to the shops and cut out one more level of profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1383744177' post='2268410'] They should just sell direct to the shops and cut out one more level of profit. [/quote] In many cases the reduction in profit means a massive reduction in service levels and serious availability (and delivery issues). Many retailers will pull out of a brand completely because they now have to order large stocks in order to save costs on bulk shipping. This then whacks up their cost of retained stock and few people can afford that in this climate. They alternative is to order in small numbers and this throws shipping prices through the roof. Plus the manufacturer now has to deal with loads of individual shop calls and requirements plus warranty conversations. This increases the manufacturer overhead substantially and, hey presto, the price gets put back onto the products to cover the extra costs. Net result can often be significantly worse service and lack of product and prices end up near to where they were originally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Well they can't win really. At this price lots of people will just walk away, myself included. At £1,200 they could well sell a lot more, so reduce the price by ordering more. I guess they have to work out the balance of supply and demand. Might just have to get a return flight with a prodigy shaped box as hand luggage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1383748311' post='2268505'] Well they can't win really. At this price lots of people will just walk away, myself included. At £1,200 they could well sell a lot more, so reduce the price by ordering more. [/quote] Agreed on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) [quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1383692835' post='2267915'] They might sound the business but not £1899 worth of business. [/quote] It depends on whether you have £1.9k spare to spend on a bass amp?? There are plenty of boutique valve guitar amps that go for that type of money! I'm not sure who they think they will sell this amp to? If I was going to spend that much on an amp, I would want it to be 400w (with a step down to 200w). I would hate to buy such a great (but expensive) amp, only to find that it wasn't loud enough...! Edited November 6, 2013 by peteb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Yep, I also got a confirmation that RRP is going to be £1,900 so I'd expect a potential 'street' price to be somewhere around the £1,800 mark. May be able to set up an in-store demo day when they finally ship. It doesn't look like there's a power switching option (although this may be adjustable inside the head) so it's going to need a step-down transformer if anyone fancies bringing in a US import. I have one of these for my B15 and they aren't huge money and seem to work fine but it's a bit of a pain to lug around on a small head I have a feeling any grey imports won't be covered by a UK warranty and playing with power circuits may well invalidate the warranty anyway. I can't really understand the price differential on these from US to UK. Maybe it's just an early blip and they'll drop at some point if demand is really poor. Not sure how much the more powerful Strategy is going to be but I'd estimate something like £2,300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1383868420' post='2270353'] It doesn't look like there's a power switching option (although this may be adjustable inside the head) so it's going to need a step-down transformer if anyone fancies bringing in a US import. I I can't really understand the price differential on these from US to UK. [/quote] It's classic MESA. I know you made a very valiant attempted to explaining their pricing policy before, Barrie - but this is just typical of them. They just want to sell in North America, and stuff the rest of us. It's their ball, of course - they can play with it wherever they like. Frustrating, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Musicman20 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1383909757' post='2270635'] It's classic MESA. I know you made a very valiant attempted to explaining their pricing policy before, Barrie - but this is just typical of them. They just want to sell in North America, and stuff the rest of us. It's their ball, of course - they can play with it wherever they like. Frustrating, though. [/quote] I agree. It's highly frustrating. I don't actually see many shops that deal with Mesa now, especially bass amps/cabs. I wouldn't be bothered about getting a converter for the voltage and getting a USA model, as thats almost as much annoyance as spending £1800+ on a UK model. At £1300-1600 for a tube amp, I would go straight to Matamp or Orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 [quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1383911792' post='2270676'] At £1300-1600 for a tube amp, I would go straight to Matamp or Orange. [/quote] And that's the killer for me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basshead56 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Its listed on Roxkshop here in New Zealand at $2999, so I guess it will be a touch under 1500 quid - there's hope yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Gulp!!!! £2002.13 +shipping [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/mesa_boogie_bass_prodigy.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/mesa_boogie_bass_prodigy.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 It seems to me there is room in the UK market for another high end amplifier manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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