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Free The Tone discontinues HOTEI signature HT-GS001 multi-effects system

November 1, 2023 · 2 sources

Free The Tone lists the HT-GS001, the HOTEI Signature G-STAGE Multi-effects System, as discontinued as of November 2023, according to the maker's discontinued products page12. The same listing gives a repair support period ending November 30, 202812.

The page lists the product under its full name, HOTEI Signature G-STAGE Multi-effects System, with the model number HT-GS00112. The maker's table records the end of production as November 2023 and the repair support period as ending November 30, 202812.

The maker states a general policy on the same page: its support period after production ends is set at five years, and it says it continues to carry out repairs past that period where it can12. It also notes that repairs may not be possible in under five years if parts become difficult to obtain or in unforeseen circumstances12.

ItemDetail
ModelHT-GS001
Product nameHOTEI Signature G-STAGE Multi-effects System
End of productionNovember 2023
Repair support untilNovember 30, 2028

The HT-GS001 appears in the same table as other discontinued items, including the JB-82S signal junction box, also ended in December 2023 with support to December 2028, and the FT-2Y-S SUGIZO Signature FLIGHT TIME, ended in March 2023 with support to March 202812. No price or further specification for the HT-GS001 is given on the discontinued products page12.

Sources (2)
  1. DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS 生産終了 | Support | Free The Tone | THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SYSTEM DESIGN, freethetone.com
  2. DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS 生産終了 | Support | Free The Tone | THE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SYSTEM DESIGN, freethetone.com