Re: EWI amp rack takes a beating
The web site I found today shows a pretty well thought out line of new design amps with the same look as the originals. The only product that is shown in detail IS the 360/361 combination and nothing on that page even remotely resembles the cheap junk with the blue accents that Guitar Center was flogging recently.
The "Acoustic" name has been bought and sold several times since the original company went under. Pre GC ownership there was a truly bizarre line of sound reinforcement gear that was shown at the AES show about six or seven years ago. The website showing the amps in Greg's photos at least looks credible.
As for the decision of a well known artist to use or endorse something less than great you could go back to the Rickenbacker amps that Led Zep used on their first US tour or, even worse, the Univox amps that Jimmy Page negotiated for the band later on.
One well known "originally blues based but later VERY pop" guitarist band leader has an entire warehouse of gear he's "endorsed" at one time or another and stopped using when the next rep contacted him.
