We are very lucky to have you Sushi-san. Nobody is offering the variety of tube designs that you have, and at a reasonable price point to boot. I could care less what the pedals look like, what matters is when I kick in the UA or Slampegg it sounds freakin awesome! Thank you!
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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I placed an order last night for knobs for my SS and a selection for the MORE that I shall find uses for.
It is so nice to have phun money again
Holy crap balls!!! What did I just do?
Haven't been on here for a minute, been busy in class, or studying trying to get my EMT certification back...
Saw that August ordering is open...
Well, order placed for an UA full color art, MORE full color, and Finally Rainbows End( been wanting this one for a while)
So glad I didn't miss the last of full color and Rainbows End..
Although, @Sushi Box FX , I totally understand and respect your decision. It won't deter me from future orders, if the need arises.
Haven't been on here for a minute, been busy in class, or studying trying to get my EMT certification back...
Saw that August ordering is open...
Well, order placed for an UA full color art, MORE full color, and Finally Rainbows End( been wanting this one for a while)
So glad I didn't miss the last of full color and Rainbows End..
Although, @Sushi Box FX , I totally understand and respect your decision. It won't deter me from future orders, if the need arises.
Hello sushi enjoyers,
Just a troubleshooting question for anyone who might have experience:
I have an Underground Accelerator, played it without issues for a few months. Now, every time I power it up, it works normally for about 10 minutes, then dies. When the pedal is engaged after that point there is no output except intermittent faint noises, when bypassed everything is normal.
Any guesses as to what is wrong here?
Just a troubleshooting question for anyone who might have experience:
I have an Underground Accelerator, played it without issues for a few months. Now, every time I power it up, it works normally for about 10 minutes, then dies. When the pedal is engaged after that point there is no output except intermittent faint noises, when bypassed everything is normal.
Any guesses as to what is wrong here?
Definitely keep me posted. If it happens consistently every time it's powered up it could only be a couple things, so if it isn't the tube it would probably be something I need to take a look at.
I tried a second tube, same result unfortunately. It has been consistent since it started happening.
I am in Europe so it's probably too much trouble/expense sending it back and forth for repairs. It's too bad since it is a very nice preamp.
I am in Europe so it's probably too much trouble/expense sending it back and forth for repairs. It's too bad since it is a very nice preamp.
Yes, I will do that as well, just to be sure, though it worked until it didn't on the same dc7. But I have a couple of power supplies I can try.
Shoot me a PM if changing power supplies doesn't change anything. If the problem isn't the tube and isn't the power supply, then it's definitely something I should take a look at and I can work with you on how to get it back to me to look at.
Agreed, although raw cast aluminum with black ink does look home made to me.
@Passinwind has a source of some super nice anodized enclosures that get machine work and lettering after the finish.
I mean, these are all technically home made
I'm looking at a few solutions, I've already ordered some samples from a supplier. I may not be able to get full turnkey manufacturing of SMD units, but if I can at least get fully drilled/finished/printed enclosures at a reasonable price, I can use those for the SMD pedals, build a bunch at a time to keep as on-hand stock, then I would go back to more custom options for handwired builds and have that be the only thing that's available as a monthly batch build.
I don't know how long it will take me to get that all set up, but since full turnkey manufacturing looks like it's off the table, this is what I'm currently looking at. So the "only raw finishes available" thing should only be temporary until I can get business stuff resolved. I would love to just shut down the shop for a couple months so I could focus on getting this done, but frankly my R&D money comes from monthly sales.
Though another alternative I'm thinking about is not doing a september batch and just doing some limited edition pedals to raise funds for building stock of third-party finished enclosures. I dug up a really neat finish I did as an experiment in 2019, and I realized I'm much better equipped to do it now, so I want to try it again. More on that to come.
Did you once say that you had issues with taking an anodized box and doing machine work and printing without scratching.
I come from manufacturing and even did some boutique guitar amp chaises in the 80's. IMO, you need to do approx. 25 pieces at a time of the same part to get completely finished metal work. Understood that the demand is not there (yet!).
I also understand the frustration and costs to use a job shop just for assembly. I would think you'd also need to do 25 of the exact same pedal to get any decent pricing. And then let's talk about making a little profit!
MXR and the rest, have to be making serious cash off their legacy pedals where the R&D and design was amortized eons ago.
I come from manufacturing and even did some boutique guitar amp chaises in the 80's. IMO, you need to do approx. 25 pieces at a time of the same part to get completely finished metal work. Understood that the demand is not there (yet!).
I also understand the frustration and costs to use a job shop just for assembly. I would think you'd also need to do 25 of the exact same pedal to get any decent pricing. And then let's talk about making a little profit!
MXR and the rest, have to be making serious cash off their legacy pedals where the R&D and design was amortized eons ago.
Yup, I'm not sure how others do it, but the clamping setup on my CNC machine makes it difficult to ensure pre-finished enclosures won't be scuffed/scratched/chipped during the machining process. Most manufacturers that I'm aware of do powdercoating/anodizing after machining so they don't have to deal with it.
The best price/quantity I've found is for 50 units, which I think is doable. It would give me enough stock that I wouldn't have to reorder super often, but not so much that I would be worried about sitting on them forever.
I'm thinking about adding/subbing the More in place of the westinghouse in my SpaceHouse setup- so it would be a SpaceMore, or a MoreSpace. Or perhaps replacing both pedals into one. I've got an AT7 in the Spaceheater and it drives the Westinghouse. My idea is less grit and more warmth.
Will the More take a hot signal nicely and tame the "heat" that the Spaceheater sends if I hit it hard like I do with the Westinghouse?
Or am I barking up the wrong tree? I really like the Spacehouse, but I *think* I'd like to start using my Spaceheater as either an OD or a dirty tube boost pedal.
Will the More take a hot signal nicely and tame the "heat" that the Spaceheater sends if I hit it hard like I do with the Westinghouse?
Or am I barking up the wrong tree? I really like the Spacehouse, but I *think* I'd like to start using my Spaceheater as either an OD or a dirty tube boost pedal.
One can definitely clamp a finished box into a jig or fixture without scratching; this is worth looking into for you should you want to continue with finished boxes. Maybe bolt it to a piece of material with the lid mounting screw?? Agreed that this is not the best way but happens everyday when multiple vendors are working on the same part.
We found 25 pieces was a half way decent savings and certainly the more the merrier!
To me, the cost of money needs to be factored into the overall costs too. Nothing like walking through your house and seeing stacks of $50's on the shelves represented by unsold stock.
So simple. Just start a huge advertising campaign that will increase business dramatically for the win!
And the you can hire people and figure out how to pay and insure them....
The Smoke Signal sounded fantabulous
Gotta say, an SBVT in raw brushed aluminum (just a quick blast with a belt sander, top only), with simple artwork in blue would look siiick.
