Maple syrup or a little honey is good especially in a Hot Toddy!
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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So what's the final answer on the Finally DI transformer? Will you be forging ahead with the Lightning Boy? Or offering a choice of LB/Jensen?
I think I've asked before, and you answered... not much sonic difference between the two?
I think I've asked before, and you answered... not much sonic difference between the two?
Limited edition run of 10 regular Finally's but in candy apple green with red knobs (Christmas-y)
YES PLEASE !
+ 1000%
For the folks that can't tolerate problems, simple answer - don't order v1.0. Doesn't matter how thorough the testing is, there is always a chance that something will get missed. I rarely buy v1 of anything, whether it's a car, a bass, an amp, or anything else. Having said that, even in production things can go wrong, and I've never seen better support than Sushi Box. I have a pedal being repaired by him as we speak, was not bothered one iota about having to send it back to him. He listens to us bass players and builds the things we want, does it amazingly quickly, and at very reasonable prices. I for one hope that he keeps doing this, and I prefer the fast pace and occasional fix then waiting years for new product.
Thank you Sushi-San!!
Liber & Co makes a pecan bitters old fashioned syrup sometimes for Treaty Oak distilling. It's what everyone needs. And it's local-ish.
I just discovered Treaty Oak this weekend. Great stuff!
Thank you everyone for your comments and feedback. I absolutely make mistakes, I will always acknowledge them and try to fix them, but obviously it would be a lot easier if I could reduce and eventually eliminate them. So based on feedback both in this thread and from private messages (both of which I appreciate), I'm going to be making some changes. These will be gradual, as all things really should be, but hopefully I can start phasing out my tendencies that let me cause mistakes.
I'll continue looking at things to see what else I can do to improve, and I always continue to welcome suggestions and feedback. This has further solidified my decision to take December off
- I have made a beta testing arrangement with a fellow pedal builder to test each other's pedals. This will be a mandatory step for every release, no more being the only person checking my own work. He's a good friend, but we're past the point of "he's my friend and I don't want to offend him" and we're at the point of "he's my friend so I'm going to tell him if something is $hit." Tone is subjective so that won't be the main purpose of testing, but he will be checking to make sure everything works the way it's supposed to and that everything makes sense, nothing is intermittent or weird, etc.
- I will be looking through ordering trends to figure out which pedals haven't been seeing much interest and will be cancelling some models. It's easier to do quality control when I have a handful of models then when I have 17, and if something is ordered once in 6 months then it doesn't make sense that I spend time and effort supporting it when my time could be better spent on something else.
- As mentioned above I will be slowing down my design process, allowing myself a sufficient amount of time to review each step before moving on to the next, so I won't have the opportunity any more to rush something through and miss points of the design. I'm going to see if I can find someone knowledgeable enough to do a full engineering design review, but in the meantime slowing down and making each step at least a day instead of a couple minutes should help.
I say we all Rise Up and protest by not impulse ordering the next time Mr. Box offers a special edition, until I have time to get in the queue. Then after that y'all can sell it out.
Their Ghost Hill bourbon is really nice for the cost. And they're nice folks.
Outstanding arrangement. Almost on the order of "double-blind" testing. Independent builders helping independent builders - that's a rare and valuable friendship.
Not for nothing, and I don't want to derail the thread too much, but I've been hearing the same thing all my life - slow down, you move too fast, etc. and I spent year upon year in a losing battle to try to get myself to slow down.
Things changed when figured out that even people that move very slow make tons of mistakes - just different ones. Also, things like "quick decisions are better than no decision at all, fail fast, etc." I learned that I will never, ever be that person that slows down - it's just not in my nature. I learned to embrace the speed, and when someone tells me to "slow down" I tell them to "keep up."
All that being said, one needs to recognize their own limitations and also realize that the rapid pace isn't for everyone. In recognizing limitations, I realized that since I paid almost zero attention to detail I needed to have someone on my team that did - to complement my strengths and weaknesses. I knew that I would constantly be fighting myself to slow down, and eventually I would either get totally frustrated or fall back into old habits. Also process is important. whether it be a "production ready" checklist, a build process, etc. Process is important - and process can be complimentary to speed. At my old job I helped pioneer a process framework that embraces fast movers. But - that's not for everyone ...
If it matters, I've been Sr. Leadership at every job that I have had over the past 20 years, have had mutli-million $$ budgets, etc. So it can be done, and I was a lot more successful when i was more realistic with myself.
Not saying that anyone here is not, and this isn't directed towards anyone or anything, just thought I would share.
El Guapo does pecan and chicory bitters ... they're local to me!
Oh, si, you have a plethora.
Yeah, you can say that, but if no one buys "v 1.0", then the design and any problem sit idle, it doesn't matter if you buy this v 1.0 now or 6 months from now, if it doesn't run its course through actual users then the problem is never found, still exists and isn't fixed. I'm just saying, make it v .01, pass it around amongst friends, fix if need be, and truly release a v 1.0 when added to the site for public consumption, then Nathan can probably sleep well at night knowing he's got at least 1 other person assuring him that these pedals will be smooth sailing. People don't like being the beta testers, at least unknowingly, but essentially this is what's happening. I do have faith in Nathan, he knows what to do to get this going.
We can't compare this boutique-esk biz to car companies and the alike, I understand the comparison as model this and model that but there is so many things different in that respect
And personally, I'd much rather spend another 25-50% more if things were improved, hardware all the way up to functionality, I mean come on, no one is really selling this many tube pedals with "proper voltage" (subjective opinion but obvious this theme), the market is most definitely there
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Tracking number!! Ambassador scheduled for Thursday. Let’s Go
Got an Underground Accelerator in today, on loan from a buddy.
All I can say is, wow.
What a great piece of gear.
Understanding the idiosyncrasies of the FMV tone stack made it easy to start from "zero" so to speak.
Set "flat", I compared it to my Space Heater.
Nearly indistinguishable.
Absolutely love the grit it can get with the gain pushed.
Whenever orders open back up, I'm definitely getting one.
All I can say is, wow.
What a great piece of gear.
Understanding the idiosyncrasies of the FMV tone stack made it easy to start from "zero" so to speak.
Set "flat", I compared it to my Space Heater.
Nearly indistinguishable.
Absolutely love the grit it can get with the gain pushed.
Whenever orders open back up, I'm definitely getting one.
What you're saying is "cancel Space Heater, encourage everyone to get UA"? They're honestly REALLY close to the same circuit.
As much as I like the simplicity of the Space Heater, yes.
Maybe make a slight change to the UA.
A toggle switch that bypasses the EQ.
You could have it set for one voice with the EQ, then you could bypass it, and run it as a boost, without having to change your EQ settings.
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Hey! I'm new around these parts. After checking out the website, this looks like it might be a fun place to hang out! I'm really digging the offerings and I'm bummed it took me this long to get hip to them. It's probably because I don't really like sushi, 
@Sushi Box FX -Please don't discontinue the Finally! I don't know how new/old it is, but I just discovered it and it is 100% exactly what I'm looking for! I just joined the mailing list and I'm putting this thread on my watch list to make sure I hear about the next order window.
@Sushi Box FX -Please don't discontinue the Finally! I don't know how new/old it is, but I just discovered it and it is 100% exactly what I'm looking for! I just joined the mailing list and I'm putting this thread on my watch list to make sure I hear about the next order window.
Also,
Since Finally is essentially just a Space Heater with an XLR out, and you can get the same to e from the UA, I'd say the SH has now become, a bit redundant.
Unless you changed the voicing to differentiate it from those two, there's no reason to keep it in the line up.
Unless of course, it sells in enough numbers per month to justify it.
