Financially, it was an OK deal; not hugely brilliant. We did it because we felt very exposed as a small company, and we simply couldn't fund the manufacture - Steve, who co-founded the company with me and handled the financial side, was very white a lot of days from juggling payments. The options were to sell our souls to VCs and an uncertain (and uncontrollable) future, or get bought by someone in the same business.

We, the people who made the empeg still feel very strongly about keeping it supported, and will do what we can in terms of things like parts support into the future - but the situation would have been the same if a mk3 had come out.

The mk2 was never going to be made indefinitely; we still have plenty of mk1 spares though it hasn't been manufactured for a while (apart from sleds...!)

Wait until you use v2.0 and then tell me you feel "screwed over"; there's not a lot futher you can go with the same box and the same buttons, it fills the holes that people wanted filling. Do you feel used when Sony brings out a new TV that replaced the model you own?

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