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How is that different to any other technology people pour crap loads of money into... outside the traditional guitar world
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But yes, you are absolutely right. But that's the same for any hi-tech. ICs (chips, to the uninitiated) have a limited production run (by and large) and the chances of them being remade is slim bordering on no chance, so even those that control some multi-effects processors are now impossible to get. Since about 2004, Flash memory has been used in alot of high tech units - and we all know how stable flash can be... unless you have the code, then you are all outta luck getting a corrupted or blank chip blown to make something work again.
How many of you have a smart phone? How many of you will replace your smart phone at the end of a contract? You've probably paid almost as much for it as you would do a Variax Standard... so what's the difference, Leo Fender never said his Broadcaster was a guitar for life!
We've had it lucky in the guitar world - imagine all those poor souls who bought a Fairlight back in the 1980s for the same money as a small house. Now they are worth... hmmm, not a lot.
I would not be too worried about it.
Either that, or design the guitar to be modular and replaceable, with a promise of a reduced price upgrade to the next version of hardware.
I'd rather be able to fit it to my guitar of choice. Find a Mexican Tele or Strat that I like as a guitar and fit the technology as a bolt on.