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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

I would have guessed the cost of making Finally and Neptunium being pretty much the same.
There are a couple small differences, like the finish on the Neptunium enclosure costing a little extra, plus Neptunium has more film caps than Finally, but the two main reasons for the higher price of Neptunium are 1) the R&D process for Neptunium was more expensive and more time consuming, so I have more design costs to recoup there than I do for Finally, and 2) frankly Finally should be more expensive, but I deliberately keep it priced as low as possible because I want it to be everywhere.

My goal with Finally is for it to easily be someone's first Sushi Box pedal. It's small, it sounds great, it fills a need that just about every bassist has, and it's inexpensive. Then once you get a taste for Sushi, you come back for seconds. It's not a loss leader because I still do make a profit on them, but Finally has the lowest profit margin of any of my pedals.
 
I just got an XLR to 1/4" cable to run from the neptunium/nobelium at the end of my boards into my two notes opus for a cab sim (subway 410, since that's what I use) and power amp sim (KT88s like my mesa strategy)....

Unless I'm hearing things, they both sound even better than using the 1/4" out since the full capabilities are being used, and less noisy (not the pedals' fault, I'm using cioks dc7 on both boards but power at home is noisy).

Definitely give it a shot if you're running a similar setup.
 
Neptunium came in Friday….I used it today! Truly a fav!
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Thanks for likes! I’ve been selling swamp ash to luthiers for around 20 years. The top on the Alien Audio Lunar 5, is from the same blank my older CallowHill and Elrick were from.
 

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Hmmm, @Sushi Box FX . Maybe you could just slap a backordered on that in your store so I could give you my money and not miss the fun! 😉
I had been thinking about it, just opened backordering for Neptunium. I just need to keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn't get above the number of parts I have coming in.
 
Got my neptunium today as I was away on my honeymoon last week. Got sick on the flight home and started a new job today. If I’m lucky I’ll get to feel better and compare it to my noble on the weekend…

Very excited.
Wow. Lots of life changes all at once and a new bass preamp? Congratulations on everything. Sounds like you are winning.
 
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There are a couple small differences, like the finish on the Neptunium enclosure costing a little extra, plus Neptunium has more film caps than Finally, but the two main reasons for the higher price of Neptunium are 1) the R&D process for Neptunium was more expensive and more time consuming, so I have more design costs to recoup there than I do for Finally, and 2) frankly Finally should be more expensive, but I deliberately keep it priced as low as possible because I want it to be everywhere.

My goal with Finally is for it to easily be someone's first Sushi Box pedal. It's small, it sounds great, it fills a need that just about every bassist has, and it's inexpensive. Then once you get a taste for Sushi, you come back for seconds. It's not a loss leader because I still do make a profit on them, but Finally has the lowest profit margin of any of my pedals.
Gosh, if this didn’t make me want to finally dive in on a finally, I don’t know what does.

You’re definitely striking a chord here.