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Old 02-25-2007, 10:53 AM
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Anyone out there still using Polytone gear? I'm still with the blue vinyl mini-brute III, bought when I first started playing DB. I'd dearly like to upgrade, but unfortunately the price of equipment in the UK is outrageous. For example, the list price for an AI contra combo from the only UK stockist is £899.00 (their cheapest offer - when the series III first arrived they were over £1k ). This is equivalent to approx $1,765. That's basically twice as expensive as a Lemur or Gollihur. (Dunno how relative salaries etc stack up - but my hourly rate in childcare is £7/$13.75, which compares to bar staff or call-centre staff etc: minimum MU gig rate is allegedly £60/$118 but often we end up with £40-£50 & full corporate gig rate from agencies is usually £130/$255)
Anyway, maybe my children will stop eating & wearing clothes soon and I can get hold of a Schertler pub 280 & 380
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