Zoom B1on disappearing

[Usidore T Blue]

This pedal seems to have disappeared from the big box guitar stores. It's odd because it is still available on Amazon and other general retailers, like B&H. Anyone know if a refresh is coming up, or is it just an oddity of the market that the likes of Sam Ash and Guitar Center no longer carry it?

 

[ppiluk]

This pedal seems to have disappeared from the big box guitar stores. It's odd because it is still available on Amazon and other general retailers, like B&H. Anyone know if a refresh is coming up, or is it just an oddity of the market that the likes of Sam Ash and Guitar Center no longer carry it?

It's still available at Long and McQuade up here in Canada. This is our equalivant of Guitar Center.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a refresh of these pedals as they are big sellers and the B1on series is a few years old.

 

[Usidore T Blue]

Yeah, there is a sweet spot that device fills. I wonder if a B3n-matching upgrade to the current B1on makes sense, or if they want to sell the B3n in this niche, too. A B3n with two pedal switches and one or two displays at, say, $120, would fit in between the full-blown B3n and the B60 pretty nicely from a marketing POV: basically you would have three devices that are "stage tough" (elevating the brand as a whole--no toy-quality devices from us, people!) but could still up-sell to the top of the line "seriously flexible, this is all you need for the stage" model.

 

[ppiluk]

I love my B3n but would replace my B1on if Zoom updated it. There are quite a few uses for my B1on where my the B3n wouldn't work as well.