Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "moosetication" <moosetication@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Oh dear.
> 
> I just paid a visit to the drum dealer I use near(ish) to work 
> (Drumwright in Reading) to pick up a couple of odds and ends.
> 
> While there, I naturally quizzed them about any news they had about 
> the DTXpressIII. Guy behind the counter visibly sagged atthe 
mention 
> of "Yamaha", and sighed heavily.
> 
> It seems Yamaha UK are closing down the Milton Keynes main facility 
> and moving everything to Belgium. The staff are obviously in a 
> redundancy situation, are thoroughly unimpressed, and have (as this 
> guy put it) "stuck two fingers up to Yamaha" (translatlantic 
readers 
> should substitute one middle digit for two fingers). Order handling 
> has gone down the tubes (they are receiving order fulfilments that 
> are not even closely related to the actual orders) and their Yamaha 
> rep (12 years experience with Yamaha) has quit in disgust.
> 
> Seems we're in for a bumpy ride with Yamaha over here for a while.

Stewart,

That settles it. Pack up the family and move to Massachusetts. We 
have a guest room. They're working you too hard over there, anyway.

Ed