Shawn Cleary's up and running now as Doepfer's US sales rep:

http://www.abiotic.net/schism/

Here's Shawn's reply to my email inquiry:

... I've been selling gear for about 1.5 years now, all analogue lines,
but I've been kind of discrete about it. The site is a WIP...I'm going
to change the name soon (since its cheesy, I just don't have an ideal
yet) and add some more lines.

Module prices will remain the same as Sonic Highway but I hope to hold
more stock once I get the inventory back together. However prepaid
orders will be discounted at a rate of 10% off for the next 2 weeks
whether they are in-stock or not...and that includes new modules such as
the a-106 Ms-20 filter. I have about 17-18k worth of stock that I
purchased from Doug and I'll place an order through Germany in 2 weeks
or so. Turnaround time is about 4-5 days and 1.5 weeks for the g6
chassis because they need to rewire the power supplies for 110v. Then
add a few days for UPS Air Shipping.

Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to spread the word.
I haven't posted it on any mailing lists/message boards yet because I
just got back from Doug's place about an hour ago, hauled the inventory
in the house and now I need to sort it and get some sleep (its been a
day and a half and 13 hours of driving each way).

-----

Sales seem to be by phone and email only for the time being, which I'm
sure is no hardship at any rate. I was pleased to get such a rapid
response. Shawn looks rarin' to go.

--Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tommy DOG [mailto: mrsvomit@... ]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:50 AM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: 1 Re: What happened to Doug Wagner
>
>
> I like Doug very much, he's a good guy who tried and
> successfully made Doepfer a
> real thing in the US.
>
> His lack of comments may be due to business stuff or his
> somewhat shy nature. I
> would suggest waiting it out, it should be very soon that a
> formal announcement is
> made and in the meantime there is really no sence in
> belaboring the issue.
>
> Many of us have had down times in the business aspect of
> music. The good news is
> he will be finally able to really spend time composing and
> producing with his Doepfer.
>
> Hopefully he will one day even join this community as an
> active member, he is
> someone who loves electronic music and would be a welcome addition.
>
> TD
>
>
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "cuari7" <medejd@t...> wrote:
> > He tells me he's stopped selling Doepfer....and anything else.
> > Apparently his enterprise (Sonic Highway) proved to be unsuccesful
> > and now he is in major debt. This is really sad, as I consider him
> > to be a truly nice guy, always very helpful, a true gentleman.
> > Let's wish Doug good luck in whatever new endeavor he goes after,
> > and may he be out of debt soon.
> > So now question: who's the Doepfer distributor in USA
> >
> > cuari7
>
>
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