Thanks to everyone hanging in there and waiting to hear back.
After being much too busy to take even a brief a summer break, my wife and I took a chunk of early September off in addition to the lengthy (extended) Harvest Moon holiday this past weekend, and were away most of the time to travel and do loads of sleeping, primarily checking the Moollon server for outgoing parcels and communicating with the most pressing of messages to pass on tracking info.
That said, I'm working my way down in reverse order, so apologies in advance for those waiting the longest. It will likely take another two days to get to everyone missed in the past few weeks.
- I'll also be uploading a "Basses of Summer 2019" post on the Moollon Basses of Facebook hopefully by this weekend for fans todrool overenjoy.
- Sparkles are indeed no longer in production, and the remaining bodies are surprisingly a tad on the heavy side, which is why YJ has recommended against purchasing them, unless a mid-weight build (total build weight 4.2kg -4.4kg on a J-IV or P-IV) is tolerable. That said, there should be one unclaimed Gold Sparkle and one Red Sparkle P-IV body each on the rack, when I last checked. Other details can be confirmed upon request.
- In ten days between late August and early September there was a customer surge with 8 orders confirmed back to back, so build time of anything from here on out should be assumed to require about 10 - 11 months.
- The supplier of our present 3-ply Tort guards was found locally here in Korea around 2013 and became the new standard after the original brown tort ran out. The company is technically unlisted only accepts orders in bulk, and unfortunately we cannot score blanks for even our own use.
- As of August 2018, all specs have to be 100% confirmed before the order is set and the (non-refundable) deposit sent.
- On the same note and as a gentle reminder, customer requests for mid-way finish/body changes were a massive headache for YJ in summer 2018 and are no longer permitted: Opportunity cost aside, if we were a company with multiple luthiers/worker handling various stages of builds then it would be different, but with YJ doing everything, one single change in finish can slow things down for everyone else in line. We're sure no one would be happy if a guy cut in line in front of you at In-n-Out Burger to slowly look over the menu and then ask for a "cheeseburger set with grilled onions" instead of a Double-Double he ordered five minutes ago. Common courtesy by being sure of what you want well ahead of time is good for everyone
This guy! Thanks for the update and the great customer service! Hope you had a wonderful and well deserved vacation.
