Estimated sometime in late Feb.Hate to break the news to you, but no one's registration number is coming up until after at least March. Your "February" date is, unfortunately, not going to happen. They're not making any More units until they begin full production on the Mark2's. But look on the bright side: March isn't that far away, and the Mark2 units will be quite awesome with the voice recognition and the improved tuner.
I'm willing to pay a good sum for any model as long as it works and is complete!There are only a few hundred Empeg Mark1's in existence, so even if you want one, finding one for sale will be rare. I got lucky with mine- Someone who owned one needed some extra cash and sold his on Ebay. I don't know exactly why, but the bidding activity on this unit was very light. Actually, there was no bidding activity at all except for my bid. I wonder why? Perhaps it was a combination of factors: The announcement of the Mark2's, the fact that it was one week before Christmas, etc. Where were you last December when this guy needed your bid?
Anyway, I feel like the Gods favored me that week. I'm so glad I got my Empeg when I did.
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Tony Fabris -- Empeg #144 --
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