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Iron Ether Subterranea
- Thread starter JBNeedsBeer
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Put it back on the board and it was working at first, but yesterday it did the unpleasant noise generator thing again...
When I took it off the board to run it on its own it kept behaving this way, but after a while away from the board it goes back to normal.
Could it be caused a DC leak in the signal path from something else on my board building up in a component of the XD ? I can't see any other logical explaination.
Taylor Livingston
Commercial User
Hi Eloann, I'm happy to help you sort that if you send me an email at info @ ironether.com and describe what's happening in more detail.
That's the plan for sure but I don't feel I understand the phenomenon well enough yet - need to troubleshoot swapping jacks, power source and whatnot so we can rule these out (the fact that it lives inside a pedal pad makes it trickier than it sounds as I built all cables through the board). But expect to hear from me in the next few days/weeks.
He's putting another up in the next hour if anyone is trying... unfortunately I'll be at rehearsal without reception.
***! I don't think I like this new system. I have been refreshing my web page for over an hour.sh!t Let me pay for a pedal and wait. Nope. I have to allow the universe to align and wait for a whisper from the Man upstairs. So, NO I DO NOT like this new shop system.
Taylor Livingston
Commercial User
Shawn, I hear you, and I know a lot of others feel the same. But people were a lot more mad with the old way. It definitely doesn't please me to annoy anybody; I'm just trying to do my best to keep things under control, and it might be the case that no solution is going to work perfectly for everybody.
If I take up-front orders and never stop taking them, there's going to constantly be a wait list of several months. This is really difficult to manage and people really hate paying for something and not getting it for 6 months. Sometimes people don't bother contacting me and just do credit card chargebacks or similar which makes my transaction fees higher and other problems.
If I take some pre-defined number of advance orders, but then stop taking orders completely until I catch up, then for months I will be turning people down individually by email because I'm not taking any orders at that time.
If I have a waiting list where people don't pay up-front, and I just message them when I have the pedal they want, that's a big administrative mess and all kinds of confusion ensues when people don't write back, I move down the list, then they decide to write back later.
I've tried all of these angles and they all were unpopular.
I am making some moves to speed up production but I can't really increase my volume by a huge amount, because of the nature of what I make. The only other way I can influence how quickly things sell is to raise the prices - that would serve some people better but put the pedals out of reach for others. It's definitely a quandary and I hope I figure out a way to please as many people as I can.
If I take up-front orders and never stop taking them, there's going to constantly be a wait list of several months. This is really difficult to manage and people really hate paying for something and not getting it for 6 months. Sometimes people don't bother contacting me and just do credit card chargebacks or similar which makes my transaction fees higher and other problems.
If I take some pre-defined number of advance orders, but then stop taking orders completely until I catch up, then for months I will be turning people down individually by email because I'm not taking any orders at that time.
If I have a waiting list where people don't pay up-front, and I just message them when I have the pedal they want, that's a big administrative mess and all kinds of confusion ensues when people don't write back, I move down the list, then they decide to write back later.
I've tried all of these angles and they all were unpopular.
I am making some moves to speed up production but I can't really increase my volume by a huge amount, because of the nature of what I make. The only other way I can influence how quickly things sell is to raise the prices - that would serve some people better but put the pedals out of reach for others. It's definitely a quandary and I hope I figure out a way to please as many people as I can.
I really appreciate yr response and totally understand. I have been a repeat customer and will continue to. I am sorry that read in a nasty tone. Yr products are amazing and keep up the great work
Be well
Shawn
Be well
Shawn
I couldn't imagine having such a small company making such unique and desireable products.
I have a buddy in NYC that started welding custom road bicycle frames for hobby ten years ago and selling them for $600 or so- all it took was one major write-up/interview in a bike publication and suddenly he was completely swamped with orders (which naturally gave him less time to actually build bikes). He had to stop taking orders for nearly a year to fill the existing ones, then controlled future demand by raising his prices three-fold (or more). He still sells enough bikes to keep busy and now never falls behind- the downside being most people will never be able to own one of his frames new!
I have a buddy in NYC that started welding custom road bicycle frames for hobby ten years ago and selling them for $600 or so- all it took was one major write-up/interview in a bike publication and suddenly he was completely swamped with orders (which naturally gave him less time to actually build bikes). He had to stop taking orders for nearly a year to fill the existing ones, then controlled future demand by raising his prices three-fold (or more). He still sells enough bikes to keep busy and now never falls behind- the downside being most people will never be able to own one of his frames new!
I'd rather get on a wait list with a partial deposit or something like boutique bass builders. It's pretty annoying to keep checking the website on the chance that something will pop up, and there's a good chance I'll miss all of it unless I just get lucky. I just missed the Xero today, and I checked the site 3 times today and still didn't get it because I just happened to be busy when it popped up.
I'd rather pay for something up front and forget about it until it's done- even if it's months from now. At least that way there's a line.
I'd rather pay for something up front and forget about it until it's done- even if it's months from now. At least that way there's a line.
The system is frustrating - but come on - we've all read through the "I paid for this/when will it be done/don't do business with this guy" etc threads because of the waiting game of purchasing custom/premium musical instruments.
For the short term it is a respectable and honest way to keep things ticking along.
Been recently using my zero as a static filter for all sorts of phatnasty. Soooooo good.
For the short term it is a respectable and honest way to keep things ticking along.
Been recently using my zero as a static filter for all sorts of phatnasty. Soooooo good.
