Black Chrome is cheap. I've talked to Dale about it. It's apparently darker black than the Black Rhodium and cheaper too since it's just chrome. Didn't mention the price though, but I would assume since it's chrome it's either the same price as chrome or a slight bit more for whatever they have to do for it to be black chrome. I was definitely told that it was cheaper than the Black Rhodium though.
I was debating what I wanted to do with my 1.2's but now I suppose I might upgrade to the 1.3. It will be pretty awesome to have 3 different models to compare
I'd ask Dale what the cost is for the black chrome but I have a feeling I don't want to know, lol.
It's not easy to figure out if they are changing the ports on the customs, but time will tell. I'm sure for consistency they might eventually change to the new port. But we can't be sure just yet. The picture in the brochure seems different than the old shell. I assume this is a glimpse into what the new shape is.
I'm not sure they were planning to change port styles on the customs also. It would disrupt the work put into the plates, and as Dale said earlier about the tuneable ASG-2s, they didn't have room for both the bass port and the ambient port.
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