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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

Well today seems like as good a day as any for an announcement.

Some of you have noticed that custom shop ordering has been closed for around a month now due to ongoing issues with my UV printer. Every time I fix one issue another pops up, and in retrospect, the amount of time and money I've spent trying in vain to get it running again could have been much better served developing any of the new products I have in the works. My to-do list is too long to justify continuing to throw time and money at it, so I'm shelving it. I know people have enjoyed custom finish options and I've enjoyed being able to do them, but the number of custom orders has been dwindling over the past year and the demand isn't enough to justify the sizable expense of replacing the printer. So unfortunately it seems like it's time to discontinue custom shop ordering permanently.

I apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have better news for everyone in the near future.
Seems like a solid business decision. Can only throw good money after bad for so long.
 
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@Sushi Box FX hey man, I was just looking at your More pedal but I can’t really afford one. Will you be selling the PCB at any point?
Certainly not in the foreseeable future, I don't sell PCBs for projects that are in current production. This is why I released projects for Particle Accelerator, Ambassador, Lab Rat, Vampire Slayer, and King Nothing only after I had discontinued them as production pedals.
 
Certainly not in the foreseeable future, I don't sell PCBs for projects that are in current production. This is why I released projects for Particle Accelerator, Ambassador, Lab Rat, Vampire Slayer, and King Nothing only after I had discontinued them as production pedals.

Ah fair play. I was looking for an awesome preamp but I can’t afford to buy one new from you, hence the question
 
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You can take a look and see if anything tickles your fancy here, I'll also be adding a Bassman preamp project in a week or two.

Conspiracy to Commit Electronics – Tube-based effects for the DIY community (c2celectronics.com)

Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for that. I have built the frog pedals tube thing before, and that is very good, but I didn't trust my first one and the second one didn't work! Would you mind notifying me when it comes out, if you remember?


Thank you. I'm in the UK though so after the price, plus shipping, plus tax, it's all a bit much for me.
 
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And what makes it so Alembic like
The main thing that makes the UA Alembic or Fender Showman like is the 3 band passive EQ that has a very pleasing and musical sound quality, the gain structure is more like an Orange bass style amp that offers a bit more edge than the Fender style when cranked while still having the same ability for clean.

The UA makes all my basses sound fuller and it has plenty of head room for even my overly hot passive basses, but some active basses might be a bit crunchy, not a bad thing.